canyon

geomorphological formation as narrow and deep ravine between cliffs or steep mountainsides
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canyon

Summary

canyon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • canyon is a type of fluvial landform[2].
  • canyon is a type of valley[3].
  • canyon's Commons category is recorded as Canyons[4].
  • canyon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canyons and gorges[5].
  • canyon's Commons gallery is recorded as Canyon[6].
  • canyon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • canyon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • canyon's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[9].
  • canyon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • canyon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11].
  • canyon's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • canyon's different from is recorded as defile[13].
  • canyon's different from is recorded as urban canyon[14].
  • canyon's different from is recorded as Q131155202[15].
  • canyon's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000169[16].
  • canyon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fluvial landform[2] and valley[3].

Influence

Things named for canyon include Absolution Gap[18], a literary work[19], written by Alastair Reynolds[20].

Why It Matters

canyon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] canyon is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for canyon include Absolution Gap[18], a literary work[19], written by Alastair Reynolds[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Q24434233. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2765
    P14692 → Q7640
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C2765, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 9w ago · Harald Hetzner · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap tag → ['natural=canyon', 'natural=gorge']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1282]]: natural=gorge"
  3. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Greater than → Q2042028
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5135]]: [[Q2042028]]"
  4. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q12046615
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q12046615]]"
  5. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0274889-kanony
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0274889-kanony, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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