2006-06-14 17:01:12 · 8 answers · asked by Dinorider 2 in Travel ➔ Latin America ➔ Peru
Located in Cotahuasi (La Unión, Arequipa), the river of the same name has created the deepest canyon in the world. A scientific expedition made in 1991 determined that the Cotahuasi Canyon has a depth of 3,535 m
2006-06-14 17:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The deepest canyon in the world is the Valley of the Volcanoes, in Arequipa Peru, just beyond the Colca Canyon and the Cotahuasi Canyon.
Recent explorations (1999-2000) have surmised--nothing yet definitive--that this canyon is deeper than any in Peru or the rest of the world.
A canyon is forged by a river. Therefore the Mariana Trench is not a canyon because it is formed by sea activity.
2006-06-16 07:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by Professor Campos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Underwater, the Mariana Trench off Japan.
In the Pacific, it's just off Cuba.
Hell's Canyon (above ground) is the deepest in the US.
In the world, it's Colca Canyon in Peru.
2006-06-14 17:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colca Canyon in Peru
2006-06-15 07:30:51 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On land, it is in "southern Peru where high in the Andes exists the lesser known Colca Canyon, which for 100 kms averages 3400 meters deep (ca 2 miles)."
2006-06-14 17:07:05 · answer #5 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the Atlantic Ocean, I believe.... Definitely in the ocean anyway.
2006-06-14 17:04:21 · answer #6 · answered by Hillbillies are... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the mariana trench near japan.
2006-06-14 17:04:22 · answer #7 · answered by ŚţΰāŔţ ● Ŧ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grand canyon.usa
2006-06-14 17:04:44 · answer #8 · answered by Hermione G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋