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Black Canyon

American  

noun

  1. a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada: site of Boulder Dam.


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By the time we made it to Black Canyon of the Gunnison, we were pretty excited to see something other than the hoodoos and arches that we were starting to take for granted.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023

The complex is in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

Mesa County Commissioner Scott McInnis was a member of Congress who sponsored legislation to give Black Canyon of the Gunnison national park status 20 years ago.

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2019

Chaffin met Adam fly fishing in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2018

Although Black Canyon is rather shorter than ordinary for that kind of story, it is an excellent work.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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