Grand Canyon

noun

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

Grand Canyon

noun

1. 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

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

Grand Canyon National Park is a great tourist attraction.

Example Sentences

They disagree not only on whose water should be cut, and how much, but also over how much water should be released from Lake Powell, a key reservoir upstream from the Grand Canyon.

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In 1882, the Havasupai people were removed from the Grand Canyon plateau, which they had inhabited for centuries.

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One was the Grand Canyon Lodge, originally designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood with a Spanish-style exterior.

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Amy says the “tomorrow stone” is an extension of what she called her “dream box,” which she had acquired on a trip to the Grand Canyon with her father.

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Arizona’s governor and members of Congress have called for an investigation into the Park Service’s handling of a blaze this month that leveled a historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.

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