variants
also cañon
as in ravine
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides
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Recent Examples of canyon
Severe debris flow are expected across roads and in remote canyon drainages on the Kaibab Plateau east of State Route 67.
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AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noto, at 700 meters high, is steeper and deeper than any other canyon of its type in the world.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
The river flowed through a canyon carved by millennia of water eating at the living rock.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Trimeresurus nujiang, also known as the Nujiang green pit-viper, is a new arboreal, or tree-dwelling, snake species known only from the high-altitude evergreen forests that border the canyon in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 2, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noto, at 700 meters high, is steeper and deeper than any other canyon of its type in the world.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
The river flowed through a canyon carved by millennia of water eating at the living rock.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Trimeresurus nujiang, also known as the Nujiang green pit-viper, is a new arboreal, or tree-dwelling, snake species known only from the high-altitude evergreen forests that border the canyon in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 2, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canyon
Noun
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The victim's truck was later found abandoned in a ravine.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just remember to layer up because the river gorge usually feels cooler than town.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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After visitors make their way down the 137 steps from the parking lot and visitor center—a journey that is decidedly less pleasant on the way back up—they’ll get their first glimpse of Natural Bridge, a towering structure set within a rocky gorge.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If no alternative exists, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low-lying areas.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The valley was carved by water flowing into the large Jezero Crater, which also held a lake billions of years ago.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canyon. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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