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Where are canyons?

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canyons are found within the earth

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A canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge usually formed by the down-cutting of a river in a dry area where there is insufficient rainfall to erode the sides.

A valley is an elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom; also an extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.

Canyons have steep, cliff-like walls or sides, while valleys have gently sloping sides.
In geology, a valley (also called a vale, dale, glen or strath and near or in Appalachia, a draw) is a depression with predominant extent in one direction commonly with mountain on both sides.

A canyon (rarely cañon) or gorge is a deep valley between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau level. The cliffs form because harder rock strata that are resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls. Canyons are much more common in arid areas than in wetter areas because weathering has a greater effect in arid zones. Canyon walls are often formed of resistant sandstones or granite. Submarine canyons are those which form underwater, generally at the mouths of rivers.

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A wider, steep-walled and usually flat-bottomed valley is called a canyon.

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It is super rocky and everybody does a OPEN MOUTH.

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The Grand Canyon in Arizona is fairly easy to locate.

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Canyon is a Spanish word to mean tube- a narrow deep valley or gorge running through a mountain created by running water or river.A valley is a wide flat low surface between two mountains.

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