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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A gorge, about 445 km (275 mi) long, of the Colorado River in northwest Arizona. It has a maximum depth of about 1,830 m (6,000 ft) and width of about 25 km (15 mi).

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  • proper noun A large national park and gorge, carved by the Colorado River, located in Arizona.

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  • noun the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona

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Examples

  • So, it's very similar to some extent, and you can see some of the features on it, like the Grand Canyon on Mars, or what we call the Grand Canyon on Mars.

    Charles Elachi on the Mars Rovers Charles Elachi 2008

  • So, it's very similar to some extent, and you can see some of the features on it, like the Grand Canyon on Mars, or what we call the Grand Canyon on Mars.

    Charles Elachi on the Mars Rovers Charles Elachi 2008

  • So, it's very similar to some extent, and you can see some of the features on it, like the Grand Canyon on Mars, or what we call the Grand Canyon on Mars.

    Charles Elachi on the Mars Rovers Charles Elachi 2008

  • "If Teddy Roosevelt had not said, 'Hands off,' about the Grand Canyon, would we have what we know as the Grand Canyon today?"

    Breaking News: CBS News 2009

  • One of the most revealing places to read a history of the earth in layers of rock is in the Grand Canyon, which is more than a mile deep.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • One of the most revealing places to read a history of the earth in layers of rock is in the Grand Canyon, which is more than a mile deep.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • When the road finally turned west toward the great unbroken gash in the earth known as the Grand Canyon, Ross Ed's energy level rose perceptibly.

    Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • The stupendous chasm known as the Grand Canyon, discovered by

    The Romance of the Colorado River Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh 1894

  • And because Cardenas was Tobar's subordinate officer, the high authorities of the Santa Fé Railway -- who have yielded to a common-sense suggestion in the Mission architecture of their railway stations, and romantic, historic naming of their hotels -- have called their Grand Canyon hotel, _El Tovar_, their hotel at Las Vegas,

    The Old Franciscan Missions Of California George Wharton James 1890

  • We've recently upgraded Grand Canyon, which is trading at a discount to the average - at least it was as of a couple of days ago.

    unknown title 2011

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