As of 2026-07-08, Chicamocha Canyon tops the list with 2,000 m.
- #1 Chicamocha Canyon — 2,000 m
steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia
The Chicamocha Canyon is a steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia. With a maximum depth of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), an area of 108,000 hectares and a length of 227 kilometres (141 mi), the canyon is the second-largest worldwide. The canyon is situated in the departments of Boyacá and Santander, stretching from Soatá in the southeast to Girón and Betulia in the northwest. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Tara River Canyon — 1,333 m
river canyon in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Tara River Canyon, also known as the Tara River Gorge, is the river canyon of the Tara river. It is for the most part located in Montenegro, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most attractive part of the canyon are the high rocks of the mountain range of Ljubišnja, which are located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Durmitor National Park. Also in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the canyon is designated nature park, and is called Tara Nature Park. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Grand Canyon — 1,300 m
steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Columbia River Gorge — 1,200 m
canyon along the border of Oregon and Washington in the United States
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south. Extending roughly from the confluence of the Columbia with the Deschutes River in the east down to the eastern reaches of the Portland metropolitan area, the... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Karanlık Canyon — 1,000 m
canyon in Turkey
Karanlık Canyon, literally "Dark Canyon", is a deep steep-sided gorge located between the İliç and Kemaliye districts of Erzincan Province, Turkey, formed by Karasu River on the Munzur Mountains. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Gorges de la Bourne — 900 m source Wikidata
- #7 Greenland's Grand Canyon — 800 m
canyon in Greenland
The Grand Canyon of Greenland is a tentative canyon of record length discovered underneath the Greenland ice sheet as reported in the journal Science on 30 August 2013, by scientists from the University of Bristol led by Jonathan Bamber, University of Calgary, and University of Urbino, who described it as a mega-canyon. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Itaimbezinho — 720 m
Canyon in Brazil
The Aparados da Serra National Park is a national park located in the Serra Geral range of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states in the south of Brazil, between 29º07'—29º15' S and 50º01'—50º10' W. It was created in 1959 as one of Brazil's first national parks, to protect the Itaimbezinho canyon. It extends over an area of 10,250 hectares and also includes the Fortaleza, Malacara, and Índios Coroado Canyons. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Ovčar-Kablar Gorge — 710 m
gorge in western Serbia, known for its concentration of Orthodox monasteries and cultural significance as the “Serbian Holy Mountain”
The Ovčar-Kablar Gorge is a gorge in the western part of central Serbia, in the part of the composite valley of the West Morava river, within the geographical region of Šumadija. With over 30 monasteries built in the gorge since the 14th century, it is known as the "Serbian Mount Athos". Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Gorges du Val du Fier — 600 m source Wikidata