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canyons

noun

variants also cañons

plural of canyon

as in ravines

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides

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Recent Examples of canyons Officials briefly closed a portion of the scenic coastal route Thursday afternoon as firefighters scrambled to keep the flames from running through canyons. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Los Alamos, not far from Santa Fe, sits at the foot of Pajarito Mountain in a land of canyons and mesas. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Dropping off the ridges into the canyons was like descending into a furnace. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Towering mountains, gnarly canyons, expansive grasslands and deep forests. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026 As the ribbon of asphalt climbs, clinging to rocky hillsides, the wall of trees falls away at times, revealing plunging canyons. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026 Explore the landscape of rolling plains, steep canyons, and family dynasties with a stake in the land that runs deep. — Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026 Propelled by strong winds and low humidity, the flames quickly spread over foothills and through canyons. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026 The family were hiking through the canyons near Bicknell on Friday, July 17, when heavy rain began to fall, according to the Associated Press. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

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Noun

Lake Overstreet has about five miles of multi-use trails through live oaks (a northern Florida staple), hills and ravines surrounding a secluded 144-acre lake.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Rising from near the Aegean coast to 9,573-foot Mytikas, Greece’s highest peak, the mountain encompasses forests, ravines, limestone cliffs, and alpine habitat with unusually rich plant diversity.

— Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of ravines

Noun

The mother and daughter are among 90 Americans missing after the devastating landslide and flood, which tore through steep mountain gorges near the Nepal-China border and surged downstream along a river, wiping out entire villages.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Nepal's mountainous terrain, dotted with deep valleys and narrow gorges, makes rescue and relief operations challenging.

— Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of gorges

Noun

The rupture released a torrent of ice, mud, rock, and water that built up and then burst through the region’s narrow valleys and waterways.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The rocks and melted water suddenly swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing torrents of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

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