noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
box canyon
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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Massive rock formations, mountains and deep canyons present splendid views of nature's work.
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They were in the deepest canyon any of them had ever seen.
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These depths consist of vast mountain ranges, deep canyons , mighty steaming lava flows.
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It has several deep canyons incising into its southern flank, and an old road running within a few miles of it.
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You can see its deep canyons , the switchbacks of a few trails.
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The mountain at his feet was seamed with deep canyons and clothed with forests of pine and spruce.
■ NOUN
box
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Up ahead the route comes to an end in a box canyon .
rim
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Occasionally they caught a glimpse of trees on the canyon rim , five thousand feet above.
wall
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The canyon walls came close together as they rode in gathering darkness.
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The canyon walls , rock formations and spires on the rim looked surreal, like a backdrop in a movie set.
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The trail climbs more steeply on the chaparral cloaked canyon wall .
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It was a telltale sign that water was seeping through the canyon walls , softening the mica shale and conglomerate abutment.
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Balconies and window boxes along canyon walls maintained refugia of plants and animals hundreds of miles from their core distributions.
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The canyon walls were finally clean, the abutments sculpted, the cofferdams in place.
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The edge of sun climbed the left-hand canyon wall .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the Grand Canyon
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But there was nothing in the shifting canyons of frozen carbon dioxide to tell her.
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But, at our request, the planes soared up the bay and through a canyon over LeConte Glacier.
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I know its London shrieks and shuffles as it rushes through road canyons and around the sharp edges of tall buildings.
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It is impossible to imagine a Cheyenne war party coming out of the canyon , because the canyon is gone.
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Pearson expressed concern that the new codes would make it easier to develop hillsides and canyons, particularly in older coastal neighborhoods.
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The canyon walls came close together as they rode in gathering darkness.
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The canyon was a natural cutting through a mountain of basalt.
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We park the truck just past Wino Tank and begin hiking up the canyon .