intercanyon

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ canyon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈkæn.jən/
• enPR: ĭnʹtər-kănʹyən
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧can‧yon

Adjective

intercanyon (not comparable)

1. (geology, geography) Situated or occurring between two or more canyons.
   • 1926 Dec, William H. Haas, “The Cliff-Dweller and His Habitat”, in Annals of the Association of American Geographers, volume 16, number 4, page 201:

     Many small intercanyon areas have thus been entirely isolated from the surrounding territory and stand out prominently from the canyons below as flat-topped mountains.

   • 2023, David C. Mosher, Mary-Lynn Dickson, John Shimeld, H. Ruth Jackson, Gordon N. Oakey, Kai Boggild, D. Calvin Campbell, Paola Travaglini, Walta-Anne Rainey, Alain Murphy, Sonya Dehler, John Ells, “Canada’s maritime frontier: the science legacy of Canada’s extended continental shelf mapping for UNCLOS.”, in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, volume 60, number 1, pages 15-16:

     While there are canyons and intercanyon areas in which turbidity current and sediment mass failure deposits dominate, much of the deep-water margin was heavily influenced by contour current deposition.

Noun

intercanyon (plural intercanyons)

1. A tract of land, ridge, or terrain that lies between two or more canyons.

Related terms

• intracanyon