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Definition of Canyon

1. Noun. A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall.

Definition of Canyon

1. n. The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.

Definition of Canyon

1. Noun. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. ¹

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Definition of Canyon

1. a deep valley with steep sides [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canyon

Literary usage of Canyon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Us length, and are due to the succession of rock strata revealed in the canyon walls. At the base, for some 800 ft., there is a complex of crystalline rocks ..."

2. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by Robert Fiske Griggs, National Geographic Society (U.S.) (1922)
"In no case was this more conspicuously true than in our estimate of Katmai canyon. We paid little attention to it in the beginning, but when we came into a ..."

3. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1905)
"The form of the Colorado canyon as seen in cross-section ... The esplanade that forms so striking a feature of the canyon in the ..."

4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"A section at this point, measured by I^ee, is as follows: Section in canyon of Rio Cimarron east of Long canyon Feet Dakota (Purgatoire). ..."

5. Investigations of Infra-red Spectra by William Weber Coblentz (1908)
"Three visits in all were made to the canyon, one solely for the purpose of getting an impression of the range of vegetation from the timbered rim at 6866 ..."

6. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"Flaming Gorge, Horseshoe canyon, Kingfisher canyon, canyon of Lodore, Echo canyon, Whirlpool canyon, Split Mountain canyon, canyon of Desolation, ..."

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