This list of canyons and gorges includes both land and submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country.
Africa
South Africa
Other countries
Americas
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Peru
United States
Other countries
Asia
China
- Huguan Taihang Grand Canyon, Shanxi
- Longtan Grand Canyon, Hebei
- Norton Couloir, Tibet
- Qutang Gorge, Hubei
- Red Stone Gorge, Henan
- Taihangshan Gorge, Shanxi
- Three Gorges, Chongqing
- Three Parallel Rivers, Yunnan
- Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan
- Wu Gorge, Hubei
- Xiling Gorge, Hubei
- Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet Autonomous Region
- Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, Tibet Autonomous Region
Nepal
India
- Gandikota, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh
- Garadia Mahadev, Kota district, Rajasthan
- Idukki, Western Ghats, Kerala
- Raneh Falls, Chatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
- Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Angul district, Odisha
- Dayangmukh, Dima Hasao, Assam
- Assi Ganga, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
- Shatadru, Kufri, Himachal Pradesh
Philippines
Other countries
Europe
Albania
Austria
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Montenegro
Norway
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
See also
Turkey
United Kingdom
Other countries
Oceania
Australia
- Barfold Gorge, Victoria
- Barron Gorge, Queensland
- Bouldercombe Gorge, Queensland
- Cambanoora Gorge, Queensland
- Capertee Valley, New South Wales
- Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland
- Cataract Gorge, Tasmania
- Dimond Gorge, Western Australia
- Galston Gorge, New South Wales
- Geikie Gorge National Park, Western Australia
- Jamison Valley, New South Wales
- Karijini National Park, Western Australiacontains gorges named Dales, Hamersley, Hancock, Joffre, Kalamina, Knox, Munjina, Range, Red, Weano, Wittenoom and Yampire; blue asbestos exists in the latter two gorges
- Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory
- Kings Canyon, Northern Territory
- Lerderderg Gorge, Victoria
- Little River Gorge, Victoria
- Loch Ard Gorge, Victoria
- Mossman Gorge, Queensland
- Murchison River Gorge, Western Australia
- Nepean Gorge, New South Wales
- North and South Gorges of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
- Palm Valley, Northern Territory
- Porcupine Gorge, Queensland
- Purnululu National Park, Western AustraliaCathedral and Piccaninny Gorges, and Echidna Chasm
- Ravine des Casoars, South Australia
- Sturt Gorge, South Australia
- West MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory
- Windjana Gorge, Western Australia
New Zealand
- Ashley Gorge, Canterbury region
- Buller Gorge, Buller
- Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago
- Karangahake Gorge, Coromandel Peninsula
- Karapoti Gorge, Wellington Region
- Kawarau Gorge, Central Otago
- ManawatÃ
« Gorge, ManawatÃ
«
- Ngauranga Gorge, Wellington City
- Poolburn Gorge, Central Otago
- Rakaia Gorge, Canterbury Region
- Skippers Canyon, Central Otago
- Taieri Gorge, South Otago
- Trotters Gorge, North Otago
- Waimakariri Gorge, Canterbury Region
- Weka Pass, Canterbury Region
- Windy Canyon, Great Barrier Island
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.
Atlantic Ocean
- Amazon Canyon, extending from the Amazon River off the coast of Brazil
- Avilés Canyon, off the coast of Asturias, Spain
- Baltimore Canyon, off the coast of Maryland
- Congo Canyon, extending from the Congo River off the coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Great Bahama Canyon, between the islands of The Bahamas
- Hatteras Canyon, off the coast of North Carolina
- Hudson Canyon, extending from the Hudson River off the coast of New York City between the Long Island and the New Jersey coasts of the United States
- Mona Canyon, off the coast of western Puerto Rico
- Nazaré Canyon, off the coast of Portugal
- Whittard Canyon, off the southwest coast of Ireland
- Wilmington Canyon, off the coast of Delaware, the United States
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Bass Canyon, in the Tasman Sea off the coast of eastern Victoria, Australia
- Bering Canyon, in the Bering Sea near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the United States
- KaikÃ
Âura Canyon, off the coast of the KaikÃ
Âura Peninsula, New Zealand
- La Jolla Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, California
- Monterey Canyon, off the coast of central California, the United States
- Pribilof Canyon, in the Bering Sea, southeast of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
- Scripps Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, southern California
- Zhemchug Canyon, in the central Bering Sea between the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia; the largest submarine canyon in the world based on drainage area
Black Sea
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