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 .

Notes

Grand Canyon National Park is a great tourist attraction.

Example Sentences

With a light dusting of snow atop its mile-deep red sandstone, Grand Canyon, often thought of as a desert park, is instantly transformed into a winter wonderland.

From Outside Online

When the real-life Grand Canyon rafters told their story to The New York Times, there was a significant “lucky you!”

From Outside Online

Air-traffic controllers were already worried by 1955 that the increased speeds of newer aircraft would increase fatalities, and the Grand Canyon collision proved their worst fears to be correct.

From Time

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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