What is another word for canyons?

Pronunciation: [kˈanɪənz] (IPA)

The word "canyons" refers to deep, narrow valleys with steep sides, often formed by erosion caused by a river or other water source. Some synonyms for the word "canyons" include ravines, gorges, chasms, and crevices. Ravines are similar to canyons but are usually smaller and not as deep. Gorges are similar but often have walls that are more sheer and vertical. Chasms are deep, narrow openings in the earth's crust. Crevices are narrow, deep openings in rocks or cliffs. Each of these synonyms for canyons is characterized by a deep, narrow space with steep or jagged sides, making them popular destinations for nature enthusiasts and adventurers alike.

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Usage examples for Canyons

Bears are found only in the mountains and canyons of the park.
"Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park"
United States Dept. of the Interior
It makes accessible the most important lakes, canyons, and peaks of the park, and is naturally the one from which all expeditions into the range begin.
"Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park"
United States Dept. of the Interior
No lakes were formed along the eastern border, inasmuch as on this side no glaciers extended beyond their canyons.
"Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park"
United States Dept. of the Interior

Famous quotes with Canyons

  • I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one.
    Gary Allan
  • Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.
    Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
  • There are some who say that Time is itself a hammer; that each slow second marks another tap that makes big rocks into little rocks, waterfalls into canyons, cliffs into beaches. There are some who say that Time is instead a blade. They see the dance of its razored tip, poised like a venomous snake, forever ready to slay faster than the eye can see. And there are some who say that Time is both hammer and blade. They say the hammer is a sculptor's mallet, and the blade is a sculptor's chisel: that each stroke is a refinement, a perfecting, a discovery of truth and beauty within what would otherwise be blank and lifeless stone. And I name this saying wisdom.
    Matthew Stover
  • How infinitely superior to our physical senses are those of the mind! The spiritual eye sees not only rivers of water but of air. It sees the crystals of the rock in rapid sympathetic motion, giving enthusiastic obedience to the sun's rays, then sinking back to rest in the night. The whole world is in motion to the center. So also sounds. We hear only woodpeckers and squirrels and the rush of turbulent streams. But imagination gives us the sweet music of tiniest insect wings, enables us to hear, all round the world, the vibration of every needle, the waving of every bole and branch, the sound of stars in circulation like particles in the blood. The Sierra canyons are full of avalanche debris — we hear them boom again, for we read past sounds from present conditions. Again we hear the earthquake rock-falls. Imagination is usually regarded as a synonym for the unreal. Yet is true imagination healthful and real, no more likely to mislead than the coarser senses. Indeed, the power of imagination makes us infinite.
    John Muir
  • I leave Bud Fox in the canyons of Wall Street, just another ant, one of millions of ants…. We’re all absorbed in this system of capitalism…. You join the collective unconscious.
    Oliver Stone

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