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Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
A deep, steep-sided valley formed through erosion by a river of hard rock lying in horizontal strata. The best known example is the Grand Canyon inArizona. Marine canyons may be formed when a riverbed and the surrounding terrain is submerged, or by turbulence by deep-water currents.


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