CANYON FLOOR collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of canyon and floor
canyon
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/ˈkæn.jən/us
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/ˈkæn.jən/
a large valley with very steep sides and usually a river flowing along ...
floor
noun
uk
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/flɔːr/us
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/flɔːr/
the flat surface of a room on which ...
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The continuous line and open squares represents the site at the canyon floor.
The trail then descends through a steep and sometimes slippery sandstone side canyon to the lusher, damper habitat of the canyon floor.
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Today the canyon floor is a tourist attraction and features several parks and golf courses.
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The deck is 295 ft above the canyon floor.
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The bridge is 834 ft in length, with a maximum height of 467 ft from the canyon floor.
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This tends to be strenuous and can require climbing high above the canyon floor, unprotected, for long periods of time.
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The bridge has an arch span of 410ft m and is situated 300 ft above the canyon floor.
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The gradual recession of the ice left glacial moraines along the canyon floor.
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The canyon floor is spotted with yucca, mesquite, cactus, and other prairie grasses and shrubs.
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Urban development spread for some seven miles along the single, narrow road winding up the steep canyon floor.
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The longer of the two footbridges is long and is suspended above the canyon floor.
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The image remained in the cave for 143 years, but in 1683 it was brought to a church on the canyon floor below the cave, specially consecrated for its worship.
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Below the red conglomerate, down the remaining portion of the western hillside, crossing the canyon floor and up the eastern wall, a drastically different rock composition prevailed.
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