Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An eroded region of the Colorado Plateau in southeast Utah and southwest Colorado. The area has many spectacular canyons and rock formations.
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- proper noun Canyonlands National Park, a
national park inUtah
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Examples
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"Well, assuming he .. wasn't going to Canyonlands, which is a fair assumption since the reports indicate he didn't have camping stuff in his car, I think I can narrow down the possibilities to something manageable."
Higher Authority White, Stephen, 1951- 1994
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In areas where OHV use is destroying fragile and vital resources adjacent to the national parks such as Canyonlands, Capital Reef and Bryce Canyon, state and local officials are enacting laws which they claim mandate allowance of such use within the parks themselves ".
YubaNet.com 2009
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Director Danny Boyle's new film 127 Hours has been generating Oscar buzz for several months now, especially for James Franco's performance as Aron Ralston, a 28-year old engineer whose right arm was pinned by a falling boulder during a remote solo hike in Utah's Canyonlands National Park.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: 127 Hours -- Between a Rock and an Overrated Place Jonathan Kim 2010
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Happy Canyon in the archeologically rich lands near Canyonlands National Park in Utah is such a place.
Mike Matz: A Gift of Wilderness Mike Matz 2011
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Director Danny Boyle's new film 127 Hours has been generating Oscar buzz for several months now, especially for James Franco's performance as Aron Ralston, a 28-year old engineer whose right arm was pinned by a falling boulder during a remote solo hike in Utah's Canyonlands National Park.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: 127 Hours -- Between a Rock and an Overrated Place Jonathan Kim 2010
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Director Danny Boyle's new film 127 Hours has been generating Oscar buzz for several months now, especially for James Franco's performance as Aron Ralston, a 28-year old engineer whose right arm was pinned by a falling boulder during a remote solo hike in Utah's Canyonlands National Park.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: 127 Hours -- Between a Rock and an Overrated Place Jonathan Kim 2010
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Happy Canyon in the archeologically rich lands near Canyonlands National Park in Utah is such a place.
Mike Matz: A Gift of Wilderness Mike Matz 2011
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By the way, most of the lands sought by the bill are protected scenic lands, in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, and on the outskirts of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Can a State Use Eminent Domain to Take Federal Land? 2010
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He ran up bids on 13 parcels totaling more than 22,000 acres near Arches and Canyonlands national parks.
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By the way, most of the lands sought by the bill are protected scenic lands, in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, and on the outskirts of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Can a State Use Eminent Domain to Take Federal Land? 2010
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