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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2016)

Africa

South Africa

Other countries

Americas

Argentina

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Mexico

Peru

United States

For a more complete list of Utah canyons, see List of canyons and gorges in Utah.

Other countries

Asia

China

Nepal

India

Philippines

Other countries

Europe

Albania

Austria

England

France

Georgia

Greece

Italy

Montenegro

Norway

Russia

Sulak Canyon in Dagestan

Switzerland

Turkey

For a more complete list of canyons in Turkey, see List of canyons and gorges in Turkey.

Other countries

Oceania

Australia

Joffre Gorge, Karijini National Park
Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park

New Zealand

Kawarau Gorge

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.[8]

Atlantic Ocean

Model of Hudson Canyon, off the coast of New York and New Jersey

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Map of Bering Canyon and four other submarine canyons in the Bering Sea

Black Sea

References

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  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quartermaster Canyon
  3. ^ Dean, Dennis R (2007). Geology and Its Cultural Influence in Britain, 1765-1835. Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints. p. 134. ISBN 9780820115559. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Karijini National Park Visitor guide" (PDF). Explore Parks WA (note: PDF file link appears in "Downloads & Resources" tab of webpage: parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/karijini). Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  5. ^ "Australia's North West › Pilbara › Karijini National Park › Welcome (tab)". Explore Parks WA. Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  6. ^ "Australia's North West › Kimberley › Purnululu › Piccaninny Creek". Explore Parks WA. Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  7. ^ "Australia's North West › Kimberley › Purnululu › Echidna Chasm". Explore Parks WA. Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  8. ^ Shepard, F.P., 1963. Submarine Geology. Harper & Row, New York
  9. ^ Arthur Newell Strahler, Physical Geography. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1960, Second Edition, p. 290
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