This list of canyons and gorges includes both land and submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country.
Africa
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
Americas
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
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
Other countries BoliviaGrand Canyon of Torotoro, Torotoro, Potosi Department NicaraguaSomoto Canyon, Somoto, Madriz
Asia
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 Türkiye Horma Canyon Kastamonu Province/Pınarbaşı district Türkiye Valla Canyon Kastamonu Province /Pınarbaşı district s(The first deepest Canyon of Türkiye and The second deepest Canyon of the World)
Europe
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 Danube Gorge, Bavaria Entenloch Gorge, partially in Bavaria Mensinger Ravine, Northrhine-Westphalia Partnach Gorge, Bavaria 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 Cavagrande del Cassibile, Sicily Gorropu, Sardinia Furlo Pass, Marche
Kosovo Rugova Canyon
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
Kistin Gorge, Ingushetia Sulak Canyon, Dagestan
Spain Arribes del Duero Natural Park, Castile and León Congost de Mont-Rebei, Catalonia Desfiladero de los Gaitanes; location of the Caminito del Rey, Andalusia Despeñaperros, Andalusia Duratón River Gorges, Castile and León Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Aragon Sierra y Cañones Guara, Aragon Sil Canyon, Galicia
Switzerland See also Aare Gorge, Bern Küsnachter Tobel, Zurich Rofla Gorge, Grisons Ruinaulta, Grisons Schöllenen Gorge, Uri Tamina Gorge, St. Gallen Taubenloch, Bern Trient Gorges, Valais Viamala, Grisons
Turkey
Boğazpınar Canyon, Mersin Province Harmanköy Canyon, Bilecik Ulubey Canyon, Uşak Valla Canyon, Küre, Kastamonu
United Kingdom
England Avon Gorge, in Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire Burrington Combe, Somerset Cauldron Snout, County Durham Cheddar Gorge, Somerset Chee Dale, Derbyshire Cliviger Gorge, Lancashire Cresswell Crags, Nottinghamshire Deep Dale, Derbyshire Ebbor Gorge, Somerset Gordale Scar, Yorkshire Harehope Canyon, Northumberland Hen Hole, Northumberland High Cup Gill, Westmorland How Stean Gorge, Yorkshire Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire Lud's Church, Staffordshire Piers Gill, Cumberland Sleightholme Beck Gorge, Yorkshire Staward Gorge, Northumberland Trollers Gill, Yorkshire Winnats Pass, DerbyshireScotland Ailnack Gorge, Banffshire Alva Glen, Clackmannanshire Avon Gorge, Stirlingshire and West Lothian Black Rock Gorge, Ross-shire Burn o' Vat, Aberdeenshire Corrieshalloch Gorge, Ross-shire Craighall Gorge, Perthshire Crichope Linn, Dumfriesshire Daal of Lumbister, Shetland Dean Gorge in Edinburgh, Midlothian Dob's Linn, Dumfriesshire Finnich Glen, Stirlingshire Glen Valtos on Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides Ness Glen, Ayrshire Nethan Gorge, Lanarkshire Puck's Glen, ArgyllshireWales Aberglaslyn Pass, Caernarfonshire Alyn Gorge, Denbighshire and Flintshire Ceunant Cynfal, Merionethshire Ceunant Llennyrch, Merionethshire Clydach Gorge, Monmouthshire Dylife Gorge, Montgomeryshire Fairy Glen (Ffos Anoddun), at Betws-y-Coed, Caernarfonshire
Other countries BulgariaTrigrad Gorge GreenlandGreenland's Grand Canyon IcelandFjaðrárgljúfur Canyon MacedoniaMatka Canyon RomaniaBicaz Gorge KosovoRugova Canyon UkraineDniester Canyon
Oceania
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.Shepard, F.P., 1963. Submarine Geology. Harper & Row, New York
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 StatesArthur Newell Strahler, Physical Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1960, Second Edition, p. 290
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
Bass Canyon, in the Tasman Sea off the coast of eastern Victoria, Australia Bering Canyon, in the Bering Sea near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the United States Kaikōura Canyon, off the coast of the Kaikōura 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
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