Sulak Canyon
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Sulak Canyon | |
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Floor elevation | approx. 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) |
Length | 53 kilometres (33 mi) |
Geography | |
Location | Dagestan, Russia |
Coordinates | 43°00′34″N 46°49′40″E |
Rivers | Sulak River |
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The Sulak Canyon (Avar: Сулахъ кӏкIал, Russian: Сулакский каньон) is a steep-sided deepest canyon in Europe carved by the Sulak River in Dagestan, Russia.[1] The Sulak Canyon is 53 kilometres (33 mi) long, and attains a depth of over a mile (1,920 meters or 6,300 feet).[2] It is 63 meters deeper than the Grand Canyon in the US and 620 meters deeper than the Tara River Canyon in Balkans.[3]