Canyons

A canyon or gorge is a deep valley between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Canyons':

  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Maligne Canyon
  • Causses and Cévennes Gorges du Tarn
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park the canyons of Caleta, Jauco, Caletica, Maya, Río Seco, and Boca del Toro rivers (nomination file)
  • Dolomites Rio delle Foglie/Bletterbach
  • Durmitor National Park
  • Grand Canyon
  • Greater Blue Mountains Capertee Valley, "the world's second largest canyon"; link
  • Gunung Mulu Melinau Gorge Canyon
  • Iguazu National Park a narrow 80m-wide canyon, el Garganto de Diablo (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Ironbridge Gorge
  • Ischigualasto / Talampaya Talampaya Canyon
  • Nahanni National Park Four smaller canyons
  • Petra The Siq
  • Pitons of Reunion
  • Purnululu National Park Piccaninny Gorge
  • Pyrénées - Mount Perdu
  • Simien National Park
  • Tamgaly the Chu-Ili mountain spur forms a canyon around the Tamgaly Gorge (AB ev)
  • Tsingy de Bemaraha the spectacular canyon of the Manambolo river - Unesco website
  • Victoria Falls
  • Wadi Rum
  • Yellowstone Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone