Grand Canyon

noun

a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona. over 200 miles (320 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) deep.

Grand Canyon

a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona, extending from its junction with the Little Colorado River to Lake Mead; cut by vertical river erosion through the multicoloured strata of a high plateau; partly contained in the Grand Canyon National Park, covering 2610 sq km (1008 sq miles). Length: 451 km (280 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles) to 29 km (18 miles). Greatest depth: over 1.5 km (1 mile)

Grand Canyon

A five-thousand-foot-deep gorge carved by the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona .

Grand Canyon National Park is a great tourist attraction.

It was on a hike to the Grand Canyon at age 18 that Shattuck penned her first bucket list.

At the Grand Canyon, he let me crawl to the edge for a better look.

They stopped off along the way, took in a few sights: the Grand Canyon and Eisenhower's birthplace.

Every gallon of ice cream you purchase in the Grand Canyon State is guaranteed to weigh at least four and a half pounds.

Business interests in the Grand Canyon State have asked Brewer to veto the bill.

I don't believe your swim in the Grand Canyon was any more exciting than this one tonight.

Not many miles away stood a fashionable hotel filled with tourists, who had come to Arizona to see the Grand Canyon.

There is an appalling grandeur and an almost indescribable beauty in a descent into the Grand Canyon.

I espied tiny gray frogs, reminding me of those I found in the gulches of the Grand Canyon.

Oona Dahlborg's jetticopter hovered over the Grand Canyon at the sunset hour.

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