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A simplified answer would be that the Canyon is measured from Rim to Rim while the Colorado River gets its width by measuring the river from bank to river bank. At some points the Colorado runs a meandering course through an 18 mile wide canyon. Further, the Grand Canyon National Park is much larger then the canyon itself because it is defined not by nature, but by the whims of cartographers.
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What are the different types of river valley?
The different types of river valleys include V-shaped valleys, U-shaped valleys, and canyon valleys. V-shaped valleys are typically narrow with steep sides, carved by erosion from a river. U-shaped valleys are wider and have more gradual slopes, formed by glaciers. Canyon valleys are deep and narrow with steep sides, often formed by a combination of tectonic activity and erosion.
Where does the Indus river flow into?
The Indus river flows into the Arabian Sea, to the west of the Indian Peninsular, or in a wider sense, it flows into the Indian Ocean.
How is the depth and width of the great rift valley compare to the grand canyon?
The Great Rift Valley is wider and shallower compared to the Grand Canyon. The Great Rift Valley is an extensive trench system stretching over 6,000 kilometers in Africa, while the Grand Canyon is narrower but much deeper, with depths reaching over a mile in some places.
What the mouth of a river?
The mouth of a river is where the river flows into another body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or another river. It is typically wider than the rest of the river and marks the end of the river's journey. At the mouth, the velocity of the river's flow decreases, leading to sediment deposition.
What is the difference between a youthful river and a mature river?
A youthful stream is swift flowing, has sharper contours and the banks would be steep, whereas a mature stream is more mellowed in pace, is slow flowing, and is wider than the river upstream. The banks wouls be more silted and have smaller gravel, which is not the case of the youthful stream.
How did the Colorado river affect the landscape of the Grand Canyon?
The movement of water in the Colorado River had some influence on carving out the Grand Canyon, but scientists believe that water during flash flood coming down tributary canyons ate away a lot of ground. A flash flood in the Grand Canyon amounts to a huge amount of water that has sand, rocks, boulder, and huge boulders being carried downstream with it. A LOT of ground is removed in this way. Erosion from ice, where water gets into cracks in the ground, then freezes, then expands, pushes a lot of ground and rock away, making the canyon wider and wider. It is thought that movement of the tectonic plates and the resulting earthquakes, shake a lot of ground and rocks loose.
What is bigger and wider a canyon or a gorge?
A canyon is bigger and wider than a gorge.
What is the widest canyon on Earth?
The Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Australia is wider than the Grand Canyon and claimed to be the world's widest.
How has the grand canyon got wider over time?
There is/was a small river than ran through it and eroded it. Because erosion is when over a long period of time, the water withers away at the rock, causing in the long run, for there to be deteriorated rock.
Does erosion cause a canyon to fill up?
The sides of the canyon would always be crumbling into it, but as that would mean it was getting wider, it wouldn't fill up, just get more level. But presumably there's a stream/river at the bottom which caused the canyon in the first place and this is likely to continue the erosion.
What river erodes its channel wider rather than deeper?
A mature river erodes its channel wider rather than deeper. The gradient of a mature river is less steep than young rivers, and the water flows more smoothly. Examples of mature rivers are the Thames, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers.
When a stream becomes longer and wider is called what?
A stream that is longer and wider is usually considered a BROOK or a RIVER.
Is valley a synomyn for canyon?
No, a valley and a canyon are not synonymous. A valley is a low-lying area between mountains or hills, while a canyon is a deep ravine typically carved by a river or erosion. Valleys are generally wider and more gently sloping, whereas canyons are narrower with steep walls.
Is the Amazonian River wider than the River Nile?
Yes
How do streams get wider?
a stream gets wider when it gets older and the water erodes the bed of the river to make it wider
When streams become longer and wider they are called what?
It is called a river
Is The pressure of water in a river greater at points where the river narrows than where the river is wider?
yes
