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Boulder Canyon

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noun

  1. a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.


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Utz Brands, for example, offers its Boulder Canyon line of salty snacks made with avocado oil or olive oil rather than traditional seed oils.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

The court limited California to the 4.4 million acre-feet written into the Boulder Canyon Project Act, which had authorized the building of Hoover Dam, and guaranteed Arizona 2.8 million acre-feet a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

The creek meanders from Boulder Canyon right through downtown, and the adjacent 5.5-mile paved path is great for walking, running and biking.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2018

Its walls stretch 1,200 feet across the Boulder Canyon, are 726 feet high and 660 feet thick.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2015

The passage between is known as Boulder Canyon.

From Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson)

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