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geomorphological formation as narrow and deep ravine between cliffs or steep mountainsides

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A canyon, gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces, eventually wearing away rock layers as sediments are removed downstream. A river bed will gradually reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water into which the river drains. The processes of weathering and erosion will form canyons when the river's headwaters and estuary are at significantly different elevations, particularly through regions where softer rock layers are intermingled with harder layers more resistant to weathering.

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canyon

geomorphological formation as narrow and deep ravine between cliffs or steep mountainsides

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Not who you're looking for? Others named canyon: city in Randall County, Texas, United States · painting by Robert Rauschenberg · album by Jimmy Ibbotson · album by Paul Winter

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A canyon, gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces, eventually wearing away rock layers as sediments are removed downstream. A river bed will gradually reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water into which the river drains. The processes of weathering and erosion will form canyons when the river's headwaters and estuary are at significantly different elevations, particularly through regions where softer rock layers are intermingled with harder layers more resistant to weathering.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named canyon: city in Randall County, Texas, United States · painting by Robert Rauschenberg · album by Jimmy Ibbotson · album by Paul Winter