canyon

canyon, gorge

Vallée profonde et étroite aux parois rocheuses abruptes, souvent creusée par une rivière.

En anglais simple : A deep, narrow valley with steep rock walls, often formed by a river.

• A river runs through the canyon.
• We hiked along the canyon rim.
• The bridge crosses two narrow canyons.

Synonymes : gorge

Expressions courantes : deep canyon, canyon walls, canyon rim

couler dans un canyon

Couler à travers une vallée profonde aux parois rocheuses abruptes, ou y entrer.

En anglais simple : To flow through or into a deep valley with steep rock walls.

• The water canyons through the gorge.
• The stream canyoned between steep rock walls.
• After the storm, muddy water canyoned into the valley.

Comment l'utiliser : canyon through something (The stream canyons through the rocky valley.); canyon into something (The water canyons into a deep gorge.)

Expressions courantes : canyon through rock, canyon into something