Canyons and gorges

Canyons and gorges are impressive geological wonders characterized by deep, narrow valleys with steep rocky walls that were carved out by the flow of a river or stream and erosion over time.
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  • Type: Shrubland
  • Description: geomorphological formation as narrow and deep ravine between cliffs or steep mountainsides
  • Also known as: “canyon”, “Canyon”, “chasm”, “Gola di Pietrelcina”, “gorge”, and “ravine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pietrelcina railway station.

Railway station
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is situated 2 km southwest of Canyons and gorges.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pago Veiano and Benevento.

Village
is a comune in the in the region , located about 70 km northeast of and about 15 km northeast of . is situated 5 km north of Canyons and gorges.

Photo: Gianfranco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city and comune of , Italy, capital of the . It is situated on a hill 130 metres above sea level at the confluence of the and the .

Canyons and gorges

Latitude
41.20035° or 41° 12′ 1″ north
Longitude
14.85076° or 14° 51′ 3″ east
Open location code
8FHP6V22+48
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1273789963
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­scrub
Wiki­data ID
Q150784
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Canyons and gorges” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “canyon”
  • Afrikaans: “kloof”
  • Afrikaans: “Kloof”
  • Afrikaans: “ravyn”
  • Afrikaans: “skeur”
  • Albanian: “Kanioni”
  • Albanian: “kanjon”
  • Angika: “तंग घाटी”
  • Arabic: “أخدود”
  • Arabic: “الخانق”
  • Arabic: “الخوانق”
  • Arabic: “تلعة”
  • Arabic: “خانق”
  • Arabic: “خوانق”
  • Aragonese: “foz”
  • Armenian: “կիրճ”
  • Armenian: “Կիրճ”
  • Asturian: “canga”
  • Asturian: “Canga”
  • Asturian: “cañón”
  • Asturian: “foz”
  • Azerbaijani: “kanyon”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kanyon”
  • Basque: “arroila”
  • Basque: “Arroila”
  • Basque: “haitzebaki”
  • Belarusian: “каньён”
  • Bengali: “গিরিখাত”
  • Betawi: “Gawir”
  • Bhojpuri: “कैनियन”
  • Bhojpuri: “गार्ज”
  • Bhojpuri: “गॉर्ज”
  • Bhojpuri: “गौर्ज”
  • Bhojpuri: “महाखड्ड”
  • Bosnian: “kanjon”
  • Bosnian: “Kanjon”
  • Breton: “kanienn”
  • Breton: “Kanienn”
  • Bulgarian: “Каньон”
  • Bulgarian: “каньони”
  • Burmese: “ချိုင့်ဝှမ်းမြစ်ဝှမ်းများ”
  • Burmese: “လျှိုမြောင်”
  • Catalan: “canyó”
  • Catalan: “Canyó”
  • Catalan: “congost”
  • Catalan: “Engorjat”
  • Catalan: “Gorges”
  • Catalan: “Gorja”
  • Central Bikol: “Ranggas”
  • Central Kurdish: “کانیۆن”
  • Chinese: “峡谷”
  • Chinese: “峽谷”
  • Cornish: “kanyon”
  • Croatian: “kanjon”
  • Croatian: “klanac”
  • Croatian: “Klanac”
  • Czech: “kaňon”
  • Czech: “Kaňon”
  • Danish: “kløft”
  • Danish: “Kløft”
  • Danish: “Slugt”
  • Dutch: “canyon”
  • Dutch: “gorge”
  • Dutch: “kloof”
  • Dutch: “Kloof”
  • Dutch: “ravijn”
  • Dutch: “schlucht”
  • Esperanto: “kanjono”
  • Esperanto: “Kanjono”
  • Estonian: “kanjon”
  • Estonian: “Kanjon”
  • Estonian: “Kanjonid”
  • Estonian: “Kanjonorg”
  • Finnish: “kanjoni”
  • Finnish: “Kanjoni”
  • French: “cañon”
  • French: “canyon en fente”
  • French: “canyon”
  • French: “défilé”
  • French: “étroit”
  • French: “gorge”
  • French: “Gorge”
  • Galician: “canón”
  • Galician: “Canón”
  • Galician: “desfiladeiro”
  • Galician: “garganta”
  • Georgian: “კანიონი”
  • German: “Schlucht”
  • Greek: “φαράγγι”
  • Greek: “Φαράγγι”
  • Hebrew: “קניון”
  • Hindi: “तंग घाटियाँ”
  • Hindi: “तंग घाटी”
  • Hungarian: “kanyon”
  • Hungarian: “Kanyon”
  • Hungarian: “szurdok”
  • Hungarian: “szurdokvölgy”
  • Icelandic: “gil”
  • Icelandic: “gjá”
  • Icelandic: “gljúfur”
  • Icelandic: “Gljúfur”
  • Ido: “Ravinego”
  • Indonesian: “ngarai”
  • Indonesian: “Ngarai”
  • Interlingua: “Canyon”
  • Irish: “cainneon”
  • Irish: “Cainneon”
  • Italian: “burrone”
  • Italian: “canyon”
  • Italian: “forra”
  • Italian: “gola”
  • Italian: “Gola”
  • Italian: “orrido”
  • Japanese: “ゴルジュ”
  • Japanese: “峡谷”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊರಕಲು”
  • Kazakh: “Каньон”
  • Kirghiz: “Каньон”
  • Korean: “협곡”
  • Latin: “canno (angustiae)”
  • Latin: “Canno”
  • Latvian: “kanjons”
  • Latvian: “Kanjons”
  • Lithuanian: “Kanjonas”
  • Macedonian: “Кањон”
  • Macedonian: “клисура”
  • Malay: “ngarai”
  • Malay: “Ngarai”
  • Malay: “ڠاراي”
  • Malayalam: “ഗിരികന്ദരം”
  • Malayalam: “വിതലകന്ദരം”
  • Mingrelian: “კანიონი”
  • Navajo: “Tsékoh”
  • Navajo: “Tsékooh”
  • Newari: “गल्छि”
  • Newari: “गिरिकन्दर”
  • Newari: “ताहागाः”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “canyon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “gjel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “juv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “kløft”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “storgjel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Canyon”
  • Norwegian: “Canyon”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Clūfdenu”
  • Oromo: “Bowwaa”
  • Ossetian: “каньон”
  • Persian: “ژرف‌دره”
  • Persian: “کانیون”
  • Persian: “کنیون”
  • Polish: “dolina przełomowa”
  • Polish: “kanion”
  • Polish: “przełom rzeczny”
  • Polish: “przełom rzeki”
  • Polish: “Przełom rzeki”
  • Portuguese: “canhão”
  • Portuguese: “Canhão”
  • Portuguese: “cânion”
  • Portuguese: “Cânion”
  • Portuguese: “Desfiladeiro”
  • Portuguese: “Garganta”
  • Portuguese: “Penhasco”
  • Portuguese: “Quênion”
  • Portuguese: “Ribanceira”
  • Romanian: “Canion”
  • Romanian: “Defileu”
  • Russian: “каньон”
  • Russian: “Каньон”
  • Russian: “каньоны”
  • Sakizaya: “helun”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gil”
  • Serbian: “kanjon”
  • Serbian: “јањон”
  • Serbian: “кањон”
  • Serbian: “Кањон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “kanjon”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kanjon”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “klanac”
  • Sicilian: “canyon”
  • Sicilian: “Canyon”
  • Sicilian: “gula”
  • Sicilian: “ula”
  • Slovak: “kaňon”
  • Slovak: “Kaňon”
  • Slovenian: “kanjon”
  • Slovenian: “Kanjon”
  • Slovenian: “soteska”
  • Slovenian: “tesen”
  • Spanish: “Canon”
  • Spanish: “Canón”
  • Spanish: “Cañon”
  • Spanish: “cañón”
  • Spanish: “Cañón”
  • Spanish: “Garganta”
  • Swedish: “Canyon”
  • Swedish: “kanjon”
  • Swedish: “Kanjon”
  • Swedish: “Kanjoner”
  • Swiss German: “Schlucht”
  • Tagalog: “Cañon”
  • Tagalog: “Canyon”
  • Tagalog: “Gorge”
  • Tagalog: “Kanyon”
  • Tagalog: “Sabak”
  • Tamil: “செங்குத்துப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு”
  • Tatar: “Каньон”
  • Thai: “หุบผาชัน”
  • Turkish: “kanyon”
  • Turkish: “Kanyon”
  • Turkish: “kanyonlar”
  • Udmurt: “гурезь пулсэт”
  • Udmurt: “каньон”
  • Ukrainian: “каньйон”
  • Ukrainian: “Каньйон”
  • Upper Sorbian: “kanjon”
  • Upper Sorbian: “wudrjeńca”
  • Uzbek: “kanyon”
  • Uzbek: “Kanyon”
  • Vietnamese: “hẻm núi”
  • Vietnamese: “Hẻm núi”
  • Vietnamese: “hẻm”
  • Walloon: “goidje”
  • Walloon: “Goidjes”
  • Welsh: “ceunant”
  • Welsh: “Ceunant”
  • Western Frisian: “kleau”
  • Western Frisian: “Kleau”
  • Wu Chinese: “峡谷”
  • Yakut: “Каньон”
  • Yue Chinese: “峽谷”
  • “कैनियन”

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