The Itaimbezinho () is a

canyon 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 t ...

in Brazil between the states of

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...

and Santa Catarina, about 170 km from

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

. It is part of the

Aparados da Serra National Park The Aparados da Serra National Park () is a National park (Brazil), national park located in the Serra Geral range of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina states in the Southern Region, Brazil, south of Brazil, between 29º ...

.Duke University ParksWatch: Aparados da Serra NP - Summary
, retrieved 1 July 2011

References

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