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  1. noun
    a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

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  • wash the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
  • arizona a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
  • colorado an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
  • az a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
  • colorado plateau a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner
  • grand canyon national park a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals
  • lake powell the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River
  • canyonlands national park a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River
  • colorado river an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
  • tiger rattlesnake having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico
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