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Slot canyon

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A slot canyon is a narrow canyon, formed by the wear of water rushing through rock. [1]

53 relations: Abseiling, Al-Khazneh, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, Australia, Basalt, Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Buckskin Gulch, Bungle Bungle Range, Bureau of Land Management, California, Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Canyons of the Escalante, Carnarvon Gorge, Coyote Gulch, Death Valley National Park, Flash flood, France, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Granite, Interstate 70, Karijini National Park, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, Limestone, National Weather Service, Navajo Nation, Net (device), New Mexico, New South Wales, NOAA Weather Radio, Page, Arizona, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Petra, Purnululu National Park, Pyrenees, Queensland, San Rafael Swell, Sandstone, Sierra de Guara, Siq, Southwestern United States, Spain, Stream, Sydney, Tamina (river), The Narrows (Zion National Park), Tuff, Utah, Vermilion Cliffs, ..., Western Australia, Wollemi National Park, Zion National Park. Expand index (3 more) »

Abseiling

An abseil, also called a rappel after its French name, is a controlled descent off a vertical drop, such as a rock face, using a rope.

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Al-Khazneh

Al-Khazneh (الخزنة; "The Treasury"), is one of the most elaborate temples in the ancient Arab Nabatean Kingdom city of Petra.

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Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia.

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Buckskin Gulch

The Buckskin Gulch, a canyon in southern Utah, is one of the main tributaries of the Paria River, which is itself a minor tributary of the Colorado River.

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Bungle Bungle Range

The Bungle Bungle Range is the landform that is the major component of the Purnululu National Park situated in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

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Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers more than of public lands in the United States which constitutes one-eighth of the landmass of the country.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Canyon

A canyon (Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic timescales.

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Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands National Park is an American national park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab.

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Canyons of the Escalante

The Canyons of the Escalante is a collective name for the erosional landforms created by the Escalante River and its tributariesthe Escalante River Basin.

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Carnarvon Gorge

Carnarvon Gorge is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in Central Queensland (Australia), 593 km northwest of Brisbane.

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Coyote Gulch

Coyote Gulch is a tributary of the Escalante River, located in Garfield and Kane Counties in southern Utah, in the western United States.

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Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California—Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada.

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Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument that originally designated of protected land in southern Utah in 1996.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Interstate 70

Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah to I-695 near Baltimore, Maryland.

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Karijini National Park

Karijini National Park is a national park centred in the Hamersley Ranges of the Pilbara region in the northwestern section of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, located 40 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico (near Cochiti), is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed site that was established as a U.S. National Monument by President Bill Clinton in January 2001 shortly before leaving office.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States Federal Government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.

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Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation (Naabeehó Bináhásdzo) is a Native American territory covering about, occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico in the United States.

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Net (device)

A net, in its primary meaning, comprises fibers woven in a grid-like structure.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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NOAA Weather Radio

NOAA Weather Radio (NWR; also known as NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards) is an automated 24-hour network of VHF FM weather radio stations in the United States that broadcast weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service office.

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Page, Arizona

Page is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, near the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell.

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Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness

The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is a wilderness area located in northern Arizona and southern Utah, United States, within the arid Colorado Plateau region.

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Petra

Petra (Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan.

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Purnululu National Park

The Purnululu National Park is a World Heritage Site in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees (Pirineos, Pyrénées, Pirineus, Pirineus, Pirenèus, Pirinioak) is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between Spain and France.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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San Rafael Swell

The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah about west of Green River, Utah.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Sierra de Guara

The Sierra de Guara is a mountain massif in the province of Huesca, the most northerly province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain.

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Siq

The Siq (السيق, transliterated al-Sīq, transcribed as-Sīq, literally 'the Shaft') is the main entrance to the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States (Suroeste de Estados Unidos; also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Stream

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Tamina (river)

The Tamina is a river in Switzerland that originates on the flanks of Piz Sardona in the Glarus Alps and flows eastwards and northwards to finally merge with the Alpine Rhine after about 18 km total length.

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The Narrows (Zion National Park)

The Narrows is the narrowest section of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park, Utah.

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Tuff

Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Vermilion Cliffs

The Vermilion Cliffs are the second "step" up in the five-step Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, in northern Arizona and southern Utah.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Wollemi National Park

The Wollemi National Park is a protected national park and wilderness area that is located in the northern Blue Mountains and Lower Hunter regions of New South Wales, in eastern Australia.

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Zion National Park

Zion National Park is an American national park located in Southwestern Utah near the city of Springdale.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_canyon

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