canyon
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In Colonia Los Laureles, a canyon shantytown, a viaduct is clogged with sewage, discarded tires, plastic bottles and other debris.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The $38 gap in Asia is a canyon.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
In a Sierra Nevada canyon all but incinerated in the 2021 KNP Complex fire, a new forest of California’s beloved giant sequoias is now growing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
The second site lies on the plateau above Juventae Chasma, a 5-km-deep canyon located just north of Valles Marineris.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
This one was particularly impressive, over two hundred feet long and wide enough for two wagons to pass each other, it stretched over the canyon the Omethi had carved into the rock.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing canyon
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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