canyon

Summary

canyon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,002 views/month).^[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 ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,002 views/month).^[1] canyon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] canyon is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

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