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canyon

Definition

  • noun: a deep valley with steep rock sides and often a stream or river flowing through it
  • noun: a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
  • synonyms: dalles, ravine, dale

Examples

  • the Grand 'Canyon'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) beneath the crust of the Earth. A world within the world. "The waterfalls, which for a long time, could be heard flowing from afar... ...now cascaded along the towering canyon walls... ...streaming along the rock with no end." I mean, it's the same thing Liedenbrock wrote. (..)
    2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth