List of canyons


This list of canyons and gorges includes both land and submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country.

Africa

South Africa

  • Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
  • Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Komati Gorge
  • Lanner Gorge
  • Oribi Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal

    Other countries

  • Lesotho - Senqu River Canyon
  • Lesotho - Maletsunyane River Gorge
  • Lesotho - Makhaleng River Canyon
  • Cameroon- Gorges de Kola
  • Egypt- Arada Canyon
  • Ethiopia- Blue Nile Gorge
  • Madagascar- Isalo Canyon
  • MaliTalari Gorges
  • Morocco- Todgha Gorge
  • NamibiaFish River Canyon
  • Republic of Congo- Gorges of Diosso
  • TanzaniaOlduvai Gorge
  • TunisiaMides Canyon

    Americas

Argentina

Chile

Other countries

China

Albania

See also

Other countries

  • BulgariaTrigrad Gorge
  • GreenlandGreenland's Grand Canyon
  • IcelandFjaðrárgljúfur Canyon
  • MacedoniaMatka Canyon
  • RomaniaBicaz Gorge
  • KosovoRugova Canyon
  • UkraineDniester Canyon
  • SpainCongost de Mont-Rebei

    Oceania

Australia

  • Barfold Gorge, Victoria
  • Barron Gorge, Queensland
  • Bouldercombe Gorge, Queensland
  • Cambanoora Gorge, Queensland
  • Capertee Valley, New South Wales
  • Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland
  • Cataract Gorge, Tasmania
  • Dimond Gorge, Western Australia
  • Galston Gorge, New South Wales
  • Geikie Gorge National Park, Western Australia
  • Jamison Valley, New South Wales
  • Karijini National Park, Western Australiacontains gorges named Dales, Hamersley, Hancock, Joffre, Kalamina, Knox, Munjina, Range, Red, Weano, Wittenoom and Yampire; blue asbestos exists in the latter two gorges
  • Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory
  • Kings Canyon, Northern Territory
  • Lerderderg Gorge, Victoria
  • Little River Gorge, Victoria
  • Loch Ard Gorge, Victoria
  • Mossman Gorge, Queensland
  • Murchison River Gorge, Western Australia
  • Nepean Gorge, New South Wales
  • North and South Gorges of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
  • Palm Valley, Northern Territory
  • Porcupine Gorge, Queensland
  • Purnululu National Park, Western AustraliaCathedral and Piccaninny Gorges, and Echidna Chasm
  • Ravine des Casoars, South Australia
  • Sturt Gorge, South Australia
  • West MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory
  • Windjana Gorge, Western Australia

    New Zealand

  • Ashley Gorge, Canterbury region
  • Buller Gorge, Buller
  • Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago
  • Karangahake Gorge, Coromandel Peninsula
  • Karapoti Gorge, Wellington Region
  • Kawarau Gorge, Central Otago
  • Manawatū Gorge, Manawatū
  • Ngauranga Gorge, Wellington City
  • Poolburn Gorge, Central Otago
  • Rakaia Gorge, Canterbury Region
  • Skippers Canyon, Central Otago
  • Taieri Gorge, South Otago
  • Trotters Gorge, North Otago
  • Waimakariri Gorge, Canterbury Region
  • Weka Pass, Canterbury Region
  • Windy Canyon, Great Barrier Island

    Submarine canyons

A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley with nearly vertical walls cut into the seabed of the continental margin, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf.

Atlantic Ocean