Grand Canyon (disambiguation)
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Grand Canyon may refer to:
- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, United States (the best-known "Grand Canyon")
- Grand Canyon National Park, surrounding the canyon in Arizona
- Grand Canyon Village, Arizona, a community within the national park
Grand Canyon may also refer to:
In geography
- Grand Canyon of the East, New York, USA
- Grand Canyon of the Fraser, Canada (not to be confused with the Fraser Canyon proper)
- Grand Canyon of the Liard River, Canada
- Grand Canyon of the Nechako, in British Columbia
- Grand Canyon of the Pacific in Hawaii
- Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, USA more commonly known as Pine Creek Gorge
- Grand Canyon of the Stikine, Canada
- Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, USA
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, USA
- Greenland's Grand Canyon under the ice of north Greenland
- The Grand Canyon between Andissa and Vatoussa, on the Greek island of Lesvos
- Verdon Gorge, the "Grand Canyon du Verdon", France
Canyons which are sometimes referred to as Grand Canyons but are not officially named as such:
- Breaks Interstate Park, the "Grand Canyon of the South", Virginia, Kentucky, USA
- Copper Canyon, Mexico
- Great Canyon (Homathko River), also known as the Grand Canyon of the Homathko
- Nahanni River, Canada (see Nahanni National Park Reserve)
- Valles Marineris, on Mars, is also known as the "Grand Canyon"; it is the largest canyon in the Solar System
In media and entertainment
- Grand Canyon (1958 film), American film from 1958
- Grand Canyon (1991 film), American film from 1991 starring Kevin Kline, Danny Glover and Steve Martin
- "Grand Canyon", a song by The Magnetic Fields from their 1999 album 69 Love Songs
- The Grand Canyon Suite, a 1931 suite for orchestra by American composer Ferde Grofé
- Grand Canyon: A Different View, a 2003 book edited by Tom Vail
In organizations and businesses
- Grand Canyon (mall), in Haifa, Israel
- Grand Canyon Parkway, a shopping mall in the Las Vegas Valley
- Grand Canyon University, located in Phoenix, Arizona
- Grand Canyon Antelopes, this school's athletic program
In transportation
- Grand Canyon Limited, later shortened to the "Grand Canyon", a passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway from 1929 to 1971
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