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List Of Canyons And Gorges In Japan
This is the list of and in Japan sorted by regions of Japan, region. Hokkaido Tōhoku Aomori Prefecture Iwate Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Akita Prefecture Yamagata Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture Kantō Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Gunma Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Chūbu Niigata Prefecture Toyama Prefecture Ichikawa Prefecture Fukui Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Aichi Prefecture Kinki Mie Prefecture References Citations Bibliography * {{cite web , title=４．河川の作用による地形 , url=https://www.gsi.go.jp/kikaku/tenkei_kasen.html#峡谷 , website=Geospatial Information Authority of Japan , access-date=21 December 2024 Canyons and gorges of Japan Geography of Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canyons
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces, eventually wearing away rock layers as sediments are removed downstream. A river bed will gradually reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water into which the river drains. The processes of weathering and erosion will form canyons when the river's headwaters and estuary are at significantly different elevations, particularly through regions where softer rock layers are intermingled with harder layers more resistant to weathering. A canyon may also refer to a rift between two mountain peaks, such as those in ranges including the Rocky Mountains, the Alps, the Himalayas or the Andes. Usually, a river or stream carves out such splits between mountains. Examples of mountain- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
