List of canyons

This list of canyons and gorges includes both land and submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country.

South Africa

 * Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
 * Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal (The word Kloof means 'gorge' in Afrikaans)
 * Komati Gorge
 * Lanner Gorge
 * Oribi Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal

Other countries

 * Lesotho - Senqu River Canyon
 * Lesotho - Maletsunyane River Gorge
 * Lesotho - Makhaleng River Canyon
 * Cameroon- Gorges de Kola
 * Egypt- Arada Canyon
 * Ethiopia- Blue Nile Gorge
 * Madagascar- Isalo Canyon
 * MaliTalari Gorges
 * Morocco- Todgha Gorge
 * NamibiaFish River Canyon
 * Republic of Congo- Gorges of Diosso
 * TanzaniaOlduvai Gorge
 * TunisiaMides Canyon

Argentina

 * Atuel Canyon, Mendoza Province
 * Pinturas River Canyon, Santa Cruz Province
 * Talampaya River Canyon

Brazil

 * Guartelá Canyon, Paraná
 * Itaimbezinho, Aparados da Serra National Park, Rio Grande do Sul
 * Fortaleza Canyon, Aparados da Serra National Park, Rio Grande do Sul

Canada
• Agawa Canyon, Ontario

• Barron River (Ontario)

• Beggerlay Canyon, British Columbia

• Big Canyon, British Columbia

• Big Creek Canyon, British Columbia

• Bull Canyon, British Columbia

• Coaticook Gorge, Quebec

• Cottonwood Canyon, British Columbia

• Coquihalla Canyon, British Columbia

• Deserters Canyon, British Columbia

• Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia

• Eakin Creek Canyon, British Columbia

• Eaton Canyon, Quebec

• Farwell Canyon, British Columbia

• Fort George Canyon, British Columbia

• Fraser Canyon, British Columbia

• French Bar Canyon, British Columbia

• Giscome Canyon, British Columbia

• Grand Canyon of the Stikine, British Columbia

• Great Canyon (Homathko River), British Columbia

• The Green Bowl, British Columbia

• Hagwilget Canyon, British Columbia

• Helmcken Canyon, British Columbia

• Horseshoe Canyon, Alberta

• Horsethief Canyon, Alberta

• Kitselas Canyon, British Columbia

• Klinaklini Canyon, British Columbia

• Klootch Canyon, British Columbia

• Klootchman Canyon, British Columbia

• Lava Canyon, British Columbia

• Maligne Canyon, Alberta

• Marble Canyon, British Columbia

• Marie Canyon, British Columbia

• Mistaya Canyon, Alberta

• Nanaimo River Canyon, British Columbia

• Niagara Gorge, Ontario

• Ouimet Canyon, Ontario

• Painted Chasm, British Columbia

• Canyon Sainte-Anne, Quebec

• Waddington Canyon, British Columbia

Chile

 * Cajón del Maipo, Santiago Metropolitan Region
 * Caspana, El Loa Province

Colombia

 * Chicamocha Canyon, Santander
 * Saturban canyon, Santander

Mexico

 * Barranca de Oblatos, Jalisco


 * Copper Canyon, Chihuahua
 * Huasteca Canyon, Monterrey
 * Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas

Peru

 * Colca Canyon, Arequipa
 * Cotahuasi Canyon, Arequipa

United States
• Antelope Canyon, Arizona

• Ausable Chasm, New York

• Bad Rock Canyon, Montana

• Bad Branch Gorge, Kentucky

• Blackhand Gorge, Ohio

• Bighorn Canyon, Montana and Wyoming

• Big South Fork of the Cumberland River gorge, Kentucky and Tennessee

• Big Thompson River Canyon, Colorado

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado

• Blackwater Canyon, West Virginia

• Bluejohn Canyon, Utahsite of Aron Ralston's accident

• Breaks Canyon, Kentucky and Virginia

• Buckskin Gulch, Utahpossibly the longest, deepest slot canyon in the world at over 13 mi; a tributary of the Paria River

• Cane Creek Canyon, Alabama

• Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

• Canyonlands National Park, canyons of the Colorado River and its main tributary the Green River, Utah

• Canyons of the Escalante, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah

• Cataract Canyon, Utah

• Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

• Cheat Canyon, West Virginia

• Chesterfield Gorge, Massachusetts

• Chitistone Canyon, Alaska

• Cloudland Canyon, Georgia

• Columbia River Gorge, Washington and Oregon

• Desolation Canyon, Utah

• Dismals Canyon, Alabama

• Echo Canyon, Nevada

• Fall Brook Gorge, New York

• Flaming Gorge, Utah and Wyoming

• Flume Gorge, New Hampshire

• Franklin Gorge, West Virginia

• Fremont River Canyon, Utah

• Gates of Lodore, Colorado

• Genesee River Gorge, New York

• Glen Canyon, Utah and Arizona

• Glenwood Canyon, Colorado

• Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

• Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, Yosemite National Park, California

• Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

• Grand Coulee, Washington

• Gulf Hagas, Maine

• Hells Canyon, Idaho, Oregon and Washington

• Horseshoe Canyon, Utah

• James River Gorge, Virginia

• Kaaterskill Clove, New York

• Kanuti Canyon, Alaska

• Kern Canyon, California

• Kings Canyon, California

• Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, Utah

• Keystone Canyon, Alaska

• Lehigh River Gorge, Pennsylvania

• Linville Gorge, North Carolina

• Little River Canyon, Alabama

• Logan Canyon, Utah

• Marble Canyon, Arizona

• Mather Gorge, Maryland and Virginia

• Mississippi Gorge, Minnesota

• Mianus River Gorge, New York

• Moses Coulee, Washington

• McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

• New River Gorge, West Virginia

• Neversink Gorge, New York

• Niagara Gorge, New York

• Nine Mile Canyon, Utah

• Noatak Canyon, Alaska

• Palo Duro Canyon, Texas

• Paria River Canyon, southern Utah into northern Arizona

• Pine Creek Gorge, Pennsylvania

• Providence Canyon, Georgia

• Provo Canyon, Utah

• Quartermaster Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

• Quechee Gorge, Vermont

• Red River Gorge, Kentucky

• Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico

• Ripogenus Gorge, Maine

• Royal Gorge, Colorado

• Ruby Canyon, Colorado and Utah

• Sabino Canyon, Arizona

• Saint Christopher's Canyon, Aibonito and Barranquitas, Puerto Rico

• Salt River Canyon, Arizona

• San Rafael River Gorge, Utah

• Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas (also in Big Bend N.P.: Boquillas and Mariscal Canyons)

• Smoke Hole Canyon, West Virginia

• Tallulah Gorge, Georgia

• Tennessee River Gorge, Tennessee into Alabama

• The Trough, West Virginia

• Turnback Canyon, Alaska

• Titus Canyon, Death Valley, California (also in Death Valley: Golden, Mosaic and Natural Bridge Canyons)

• Virgin River Gorge, Arizona and Utah

• Waimea Canyon, Hawaii

• Walnut Canyon, Arizona

• Westwater Canyon, Utah

• Wind River Canyon, Wyoming

• Winner Creek Gorge, Alaska

• Wintergreen Gorge, Pennsylvania

• Yakima River Canyon, Washington

• Zion Canyon, Utah

Other countries

 * BoliviaGrand Canyon of Torotoro, Torotoro, Potosi Department
 * NicaraguaSomoto Canyon, Somoto, Madriz

China

 * Huguan Taihang Grand Canyon, Shanxi
 * Longtan Grand Canyon, Hebei
 * Norton Couloir, Tibet
 * Qutang Gorge, Hubei
 * Red Stone Gorge, Henan
 * Taihangshan Gorge, Shanxi


 * Three Gorges, Chongqing
 * Three Parallel Rivers, Yunnan
 * Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan
 * Wu Gorge, Hubei
 * Xiling Gorge, Hubei
 * Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet Autonomous Region
 * Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, Tibet Autonomous Region

Nepal

 * Chovar Gorge, Kathmandu
 * Kali Gandaki Gorge, Gandaki

India

 * Gandikota, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh
 * Garadia Mahadev, Kota district, Rajasthan
 * Idukki, Western Ghats, Kerala
 * Raneh Falls, Chatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
 * Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Angul district, Odisha
 * Dayangmukh, Dima Hasao, Assam
 * Assi Ganga, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
 * Shatadru, Kufri, Himachal Pradesh

Philippines

 * Bued Gorge, Benguet
 * Montalban Gorge, Central Luzon

Other countries

 * IndonesiaCukang Taneuh, Pangandaran, Brown Canyon in Semarang
 * JordanSiq, Petra
 * KazakhstanSharyn Canyon
 * Kyrgyz RepublicAla Archa gorge of Ala Archa National Park
 * OmanWadi Ghul
 * PakistanIndus River Gorge through the Himalaya; Soan River gorge
 * TaiwanTaroko Gorge of Taroko National Park

Albania

 * Osum Gorge
 * Këlcyrë Gorge

Austria

 * Leutasch Gorge, Tyrol
 * Liechtensteinklamm, Salzburg
 * Rappenloch Gorge, Vorarlberg

France

 * Ardèche Gorges, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
 * Daluis Gorge, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
 * Gorges du Tarn, Occitanie
 * Verdon Gorge, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Georgia

 * Aragvi River Gorge
 * Pankisi Gorge
 * Okaze canyon
 * Martvili canyon

Germany

 * Mensinger Ravine, Northrhine-Westphalia
 * Rhine Gorge, Rhineland-Palatine and Hesse
 * Spetzgarter Gorge, Baden-Württemberg
 * Wutach Gorge, Baden-Württemberg

Greece

 * Agia Eirini Gorge, Crete
 * Ha Gorge, Crete
 * Imbros Gorge, Crete
 * Kotsifos Gorge, Crete
 * Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Crete
 * Richtis Gorge, Crete
 * Sarakina Gorge, Crete
 * Samaria Gorge, Crete
 * Vikos Gorge, Vikos–Aoös National Park

Ireland

 * Gap of Dunloe, County Kerry
 * Mizen Head, County Cork
 * The Scalp, County Dublin

Italy

 * Bletterbach, South Tyrol
 * Gorropu, Sardinia

Montenegro

 * Morača Canyon
 * Tara River Canyon
 * Piva Canyon

Norway

 * Allmannajuvet Canyon, Rogaland
 * Jutulhogget Canyon, Hedmark
 * Jutulhogget Canyon, Oppland
 * Mågålaupet Gorge, Sør-Trøndelag
 * Sautso Canyon, Finnmark

Russia

 * Sulak Canyon, Dagestan

Switzerland

 * Aare Gorge, Bern
 * Küsnachter Tobel, Zürich
 * Rofla Gorge, Grisons
 * Ruinaulta, Grisons
 * Tamina Gorge, St. Gallen
 * Viamala, Grisons

Turkey

 * Boğazpınar Canyon, Mersin Province
 * Harmanköy Canyon, Bilecik
 * Ulubey Canyon, Uşak
 * Valla Canyon, Küre, Kastamonu

Other countries

 * BulgariaTrigrad Gorge
 * GreenlandGreenland's Grand Canyon
 * IcelandFjaðrárgljúfur Canyon
 * MacedoniaMatka Canyon
 * RomaniaBicaz Gorge
 * SerbiaRugova Canyon
 * UkraineDniester Canyon
 * SpainCongost de Mont-Rebei

Australia

 * Barfold Gorge, Victoria
 * Barron Gorge, Queensland
 * Bouldercombe Gorge, Queensland
 * Cambanoora Gorge, Queensland
 * Capertee Valley, New South Wales
 * Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland
 * Cataract Gorge, Tasmania
 * Dimond Gorge, Western Australia
 * Galston Gorge, New South Wales
 * Geikie Gorge National Park, Western Australia
 * Jamison Valley, New South Wales
 * Karijini National Park, Western Australiacontains gorges named Dales, Hamersley, Hancock, Joffre, Kalamina, Knox, Munjina, Range, Red, Weano, Wittenoom and Yampire; blue asbestos exists in the latter two gorges
 * Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory
 * Kings Canyon, Northern Territory
 * Lerderderg Gorge, Victoria
 * Little River Gorge, Victoria
 * Loch Ard Gorge, Victoria
 * Mossman Gorge, Queensland
 * Murchison River Gorge, Western Australia
 * Nepean Gorge, New South Wales
 * North and South Gorges of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
 * Palm Valley, Northern Territory
 * Porcupine Gorge, Queensland
 * Purnululu National Park, Western AustraliaCathedral and Piccaninny Gorges, and Echidna Chasm
 * Ravine des Casoars, South Australia
 * Sturt Gorge, South Australia
 * West MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory
 * Windjana Gorge, Western Australia

New Zealand

 * Ashley Gorge, Canterbury region
 * Buller Gorge, Buller
 * Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago
 * Karangahake Gorge, Coromandel Peninsula
 * Karapoti Gorge, Wellington Region
 * Kawarau Gorge, Central Otago
 * Manawatū Gorge, Manawatū
 * Ngauranga Gorge, Wellington City
 * Poolburn Gorge, Central Otago
 * Rakaia Gorge, Canterbury Region
 * Skippers Canyon, Central Otago
 * Taieri Gorge, South Otago
 * Trotters Gorge, North Otago
 * Waimakariri Gorge, Canterbury Region
 * Weka Pass, Canterbury Region
 * Windy Canyon, Great Barrier Island

Submarine canyons
A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley with nearly vertical walls cut into the seabed of the continental margin, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf.

Atlantic Ocean

 * Amazon Canyon, extending from the Amazon River off the coast of Brazil
 * Avilés Canyon, off the coast of Asturias, Spain
 * Baltimore Canyon, off the coast of Maryland
 * Congo Canyon, extending from the Congo River off the coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Great Bahama Canyon, between the islands of The Bahamas
 * Hatteras Canyon, off the coast of North Carolina
 * Hudson Canyon, extending from the Hudson River off the coast of New York City between the Long Island and the New Jersey coasts of the United States
 * Mona Canyon, off the coast of western Puerto Rico
 * Nazaré Canyon, off the coast of Portugal
 * Whittard Canyon, off the southwest coast of Ireland
 * Wilmington Canyon, off the coast of Delaware, the United States

Indian Ocean

 * Ganges Canyon, extending from the Ganges off the coast of India
 * Indus Canyon, extending from the Indus River off the coast of Pakistan
 * Perth Canyon, extending from the Swan River off the coast of Fremantle. Western Australia

Pacific Ocean

 * Bering Canyon, in the Bering Sea near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the United States
 * Kaikoura Canyon, off the coast of the Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand
 * La Jolla Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, California
 * Monterey Canyon, off the coast of central California, the United States
 * Pribilof Canyon, in the Bering Sea, southeast of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
 * Scripps Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, southern California
 * Zhemchug Canyon, in the central Bering Sea between the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia; the largest submarine canyon in the world based on drainage area

Black Sea

 * Danube Canyon, off the coast of Romania