What's the Biggest Canyon on Earth? 

It's more visually "in your face" for sure. Most of the examples he mentioned could easily be named valleys too.

Yes. Starting with a definition of a canyon would help. In my mind it's a steep sided valley cutting across a fairly flat landscape. Which would make most of the examples quoted river valleys but not canyons. Also the Valles Marineris if a rift valley and there are some pretty big ones of those on Earth as well. Can't help thinking this was a thought provoking but not very well thought out video.

Yep, he's missing the mountains for the canyon. He's measuring the size of prominences instead of the depth of the canyon. The rivers are there as drainages that were incidental to the mountain building.

@@Markle2k prominence, thats the term I was looking for, thank you

​@@jonas1015119 I think you're right in what made it famous in the US in the first place. But why is it so famous all over the world? My guess is: - It has a very recognizable name. Including "Canyon" in its name was a big win (great SEO). - And of course American media! Everybody I know has seen it on TV several times, and I had never heard anyone talking about any other canyons before this video.

Right through the mantle!

he did say it was deep

as opposed to depths that reach up

Canyons above the sea level, canyons below, then canyons filled with magma.

He might have meant 3 kilometers

That, and the history and geography that actually made the Grand Canyon (The whole part of the continent has experienced uplift) is pretty unique. As far as I know. I would however be interested to know if there are similar features around the world.

its like a there is a massive dip in the horizon line. it looks so unique. definitely Crown Desert Jewel of America

definitely reached the outer core lol

yeah to the core its 6,371km down, making the canyon just under half way down, sounds fucking hard to believe but its true... Edit: seems like he cocked up and said 3k km, i thought it was off but took his word for it lmao

Yeah I was like bruh

Its 3km deep not 3 thousand km dude

@@chattw6885 "with depths reaching nearly three thousand kilometers down and a span of approximately one hundred kilometers" go back and watch it pal. Edit: never mind, just checked. added an edit to the comment

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Ya out here in Hawaii people call the island of Kaui "the grand canyon of the south pacific"

INDEED! I call those VALLEYS. To me, a canyon is the result of erosion.

@@Hippiekinkster So are valleys.

I suppose they could technically count as canyons, but it definitely feels wrong. It's similar to when people say the tallest mountain on Earth is that one in Hawaii that's almost completely under the ocean, or that the largest desert on Earth is technically the Antarctic

@@lmilne2635 But a valley is not a canyon...or is the ho-hum cousin fo a canyon.

@@kaiishere016 Mauna Loa, 60% covered by water, is definitely the tallest. But Mount Everest reaches far *higher.* Antarctica may be the largest desert, but it cannot be the largest *hot desert.* It comes down to common understanding, I suppose.

The largest crayon measures 5.21 m (17 ft 1.1 in) long and 0.45 m (1 ft 5.7 in) in diameter and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) in Jamaica, New York, USA verified on 10 October 2017. (Taken from Guinness World Records) There's your answer!

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@@GeographyWorld What color was it?

@@LemurMaster Blue. It was in honour of someone's 86th birthday.

The answer would be "America's current president."

Calm down

@@jackboyden1368 no

Haha :D

Haha, Im in

@@jackboyden1368 Why? Its GEOGRAPHY!

Underrated comment. And you should have said 'muricans', really, all other nations are trying to do something at least...

Have u seem Australian pathetic efforts? XD

They oughtta hurry it up really. I'd like to see the canyon in all its splendor.

@@finding_aether I see you didn't mention China or India.

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Thats what I thought. The process creating it is at least similar to what occurred on Mars.

Hey hey hey

I couldn t say it better

It’s also cool how visible it all is. Its a lot to take in. I just visited a week ago for the first time and so spent 3 hours staring, it felt like moments. Time just stops when you stare at it.

No.

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they are valleys idk why they said that

Canyons are typically carved out by rivers while valleys aren’t.

A canyon cannot be exited by walking or scrambling up the sides of it, like most "canyons' (valley's) in the USA

@@eldorito3491 You haven’t seen too many canyons then. I’ve done it twice

@@venomlink2033 That's a big assumption there you definitely got wrong. What have you done twice? Canyoning?

Have you seen his video about litteral dirt?

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Gunjα Furɥ no I haven’t actually, is it as interesting as this one?

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@@al3xa723 I’m a real person too lol

@@JWhisp That was my point, haha, sorry if it wasn't clear!

Agreed, the grand canyon for example was caused by erosion by the Colorado River. Canyons at higher elevations are mostly just rivers filled with meltwater running through gaps in mountains, rather than being valleys carved out by the actual water flow

@@JPREEDY77 yeah, we know you're one of those creationist types after saying that the Earth is about 5 million years old xD

@@martijn9568 by all means, speak of something stupid! What you mentioned has no merit in scientific discussion. God is an IR ELEPHANT! aka irrelevant! I speak, "proof"........."evidence"...........and here comes the quick witt schitt stick telling me he's a chocolate banana. Shutup

James Reedy Grand Canyon could have been formed by drainage of the Laurentide ice sheet during the events that took place at the younger dryas boundary. Maybe this unconfirmed hypothesis would aid in your research. It could have also been formed by tectonic activity as a Rift Valley. There are so many non gradualist explanations that you can use which are much less drastic than what you have described. And this is despite the fact that this formation can be formed by long term erosion, and not just sudden events.

@@ayandas874All we have to do is crack any flat surface and dump water onto it. Just because water goes into the cracks doesn't mean they were cut that way. The hardest part of this project are the maps. Visualizing the whole thing is the easy part. But when getting into regional geology one must remain very cautious not to cherry pick what fits and what doesn't. Geology currently does this. "what we still don't know", is not acceptable in teaching. Look up instant fossilization and I hope you become more curious about Who/What Medusa actually was. Then take into account that the Moon moves away from the Earth at ~2"/yr. If you reverse time, then the Moon came from earth. 1600mi/dia is the next big hint.

u still knew tons. i thought it was THE GRAND CANYON US

I thought it was the mariana trench as soon as I saw the title

lol himalayas is located in Nepal not china🙄🙄🙄

@@Stann99 The Himalayas are located in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and China/Tibet. The Kaligandaki gorge lies in Nepal, the Yarlung Tsangpo canyon lies in Tibet/China.

@@Stann99 yeah mate, but isnt nepal officially a part of china ? so its still technically china

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. But maybe he didn't include it because it wasn't formed like a canyon. Just a thought

Probably going by water erosion formation vs. tectonic plate formation.

No, because he mentioned that seas hold the largest canyons for that exact reason because of the plates. I really don't know what makes it a trench over a canyon

@@jjkusaf If that's true then earth has the largest Canyon in our system, Valles Marineris is not formed by water :)

@@drake000666 fair enough. I don't think there is a consensus on how Valles Marineris was formed ... magma, water, rift faults ... or a combination of any two (or all three). I was merely talking about this video where all the features were formed by water. :)

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Get out of me swamp.

Shit.... He's right

I'm guessing that the outer portions of the canyon can't be obscured by Earth's curvature.

No? Because they're not caused by river erosion?

Ya

Probably the Grand Canyon in Arizona, it’s one of the few you can see, feel, and then actually go down to. They deliver mail by mule down it. And it’s accessible to nearly everyone. The other canyons in the Himalayas or Andes are surrounded by too many mountains, which means you can probably only get some plane views or if you’re a really risky boy you could climb up.

No, there is not an objective answer when with talk about "the most beautiful" whatever.

I'd say theres gotta be sub categories for climates cause Utah has some of the most beautiful desert canyon, theres an entire place called Canyonlands National Park however there are some stunning mountainous canyons, forest canyons, etc

Grand Canyon, AZ

Valles Marineris

Objective as in "seen with the eyes"?

It'll probably look like a lake 😂

@@gianb3952 Atlantropa that lake! give us our canyon!

You think a nearly 2 mile thick 1,710,000 km2 ice-cap will melt in less than a century? LMAO!

@@torianholt2752 you heard of hyperbole? Ĺol Greenland has lost a lot of ice coverage in recent years, so its only a matter of time before that actually happens.

@@tankjr84 Maybe, but everyone alive today will be long dead before that's even a remote possibility.

It's worth seeing, so don't let it slide. At the other end of the state, there's the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, outside Tucson. In the southwest corner, there's the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and in the southeast corner, there's the truly weird town of Bisbee.

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