CANYON


Meaning of CANYON in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

box canyon

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

deep

Massive rock formations, mountains and deep canyons present splendid views of nature's work.

They were in the deepest canyon any of them had ever seen.

These depths consist of vast mountain ranges, deep canyons , mighty steaming lava flows.

It has several deep canyons incising into its southern flank, and an old road running within a few miles of it.

You can see its deep canyons , the switchbacks of a few trails.

The mountain at his feet was seamed with deep canyons and clothed with forests of pine and spruce.

■ NOUN

box

Up ahead the route comes to an end in a box canyon .

rim

Occasionally they caught a glimpse of trees on the canyon rim , five thousand feet above.

wall

The canyon walls came close together as they rode in gathering darkness.

The canyon walls , rock formations and spires on the rim looked surreal, like a backdrop in a movie set.

The trail climbs more steeply on the chaparral cloaked canyon wall .

It was a telltale sign that water was seeping through the canyon walls , softening the mica shale and conglomerate abutment.

Balconies and window boxes along canyon walls maintained refugia of plants and animals hundreds of miles from their core distributions.

The canyon walls were finally clean, the abutments sculpted, the cofferdams in place.

The edge of sun climbed the left-hand canyon wall .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the Grand Canyon

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But there was nothing in the shifting canyons of frozen carbon dioxide to tell her.

But, at our request, the planes soared up the bay and through a canyon over LeConte Glacier.

I know its London shrieks and shuffles as it rushes through road canyons and around the sharp edges of tall buildings.

It is impossible to imagine a Cheyenne war party coming out of the canyon , because the canyon is gone.

Pearson expressed concern that the new codes would make it easier to develop hillsides and canyons, particularly in older coastal neighborhoods.

The canyon walls came close together as they rode in gathering darkness.

The canyon was a natural cutting through a mountain of basalt.

We park the truck just past Wino Tank and begin hiking up the canyon .

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