intercanyon

in·ter·can·yon
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/ˌɪn.tɚˈkæn.jən/

adjective

Situated or occurring between two or more canyons.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveintercanyon (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographySituated or occurring between two or more canyons.

    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.

    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
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    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.

    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
nounintercanyon (plural intercanyons)

plural intercanyons

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

Origin

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Chicago

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