canyon wall
Ravine's vertical face
A canyon wall is the steep, often vertical rock face that forms the side of a canyon.
Canyons typically have two walls facing each other across the canyon floor, shaped by erosion over geological time.
The hikers paused to admire the ancient petroglyphs on the canyon wall.
- cliffVertical rock wall
- rock faceSteep exposed stone surface
- rockSolid earthen material
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
crevice · gorge · ravine · sheer · layered · striated · ancient · erosion · red · red rock · ochre · towering · vertical · face · outcrop · overhang · hand holds · rappel
- sandstone landformsarch, butte, cliff, fin, hoodoo
- CanyonsCanyonlands
- Cliffscliff, bluff, crag, escarpment, precipice
- desert geologydunes, ergs, mesa, butte, hoodoo
- rock formationsstalactite, stalagmite, crag, peak, boulder
- seafloor featurescontinental shelf, mid-ocean ridge, ocean trench, seamount, ocean basin
vertical position in canyon geography
canyon wallcanyon floor
Base of deep gorge
canyon bottom · riverbed · valley floor · canyon rim · creek bed
topographic feature type
canyon wallopen plain
Broad, unobstructed flat terrain
flat terrain · prairie · plateau · level ground · flatland