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canyon

[kan-yuhn] / ˈkæn yən /
NOUN
gulf in mountain area
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It can’t be completed solely on foot, and hikers need rope and equipment to rappel down the canyon and to make their way back up.

From Los Angeles Times

The first is unfeasible — there isn’t that much land — and the other, a new high-rise canyon, would be unpalatable.

From Los Angeles Times

Its water came from a river valley 200 miles away and its electricity from a river canyon 300 miles to the east, brought to the city via systems that are titanic marvels of human engineering.

From Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles is a huge, sprawling city that extends well beyond traditional borders into the canyons and mountains beyond.

From Los Angeles Times

Just disappears into the brush of the canyon and comes back smiling.

From Los Angeles Times