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Gorges and Ravines

Gorges, ravines, chines, klamms and similar narrow steep-walled cuts, usually carved by a stream through hard rock or by a river running to the sea through soft cliffs. They are generally narrower and shorter than canyons, and many are popular for walking, climbing and river sport. A landform belongs here when its cited article calls it a gorge, ravine, chine or klamm. Each member is placed by what its own article says it is, never by its name alone.

Gorges and Ravines
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Middle Rhine (Wikipedia)
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a formation created by erosion
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Höllental (Black Forest) (Wikipedia)
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is a deep valley - in places like a gorge - in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
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Verdon Gorge (Wikipedia)
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The Verdon Gorge (French: Gorges du Verdon; Occitan: Gòrja de Verdon) is a river canyon located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France.
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Ravine (Wikipedia)
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A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion.
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Chine (Wikipedia)
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A chine ( ) is a steep-sided coastal gorge where a river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding cliffs of sandstone or clays.
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Shi'b (Wikipedia)
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A shi'b in Arabic is a "gorge" or "canyon" for a usually (stationary or temporary) dry river.
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Juukan Gorge (Wikipedia)
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Juukan Gorge is a gorge in the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Tom Price.
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Iron Gates (Wikipedia)
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The Iron Gates (Romanian: Porțile de Fier; Serbian: Ђердапска клисура, Đerdapska klisura) is a gorge on the river Danube.
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Kadisha Valley (Wikipedia)
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Kadisha Valley (Arabic: وادي قاديشا / وادي قديشا, romanized: Wādi Qadīšā / Wādi Qādīšā), also romanized as the Qadisha Valley and also known as the Kadisha Gorge or Wadi Kadisha (French: Ouadi Qadisha), is a gorge that lies within the Bsharri and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon.
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Cheddar Gorge (Wikipedia)
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Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England.
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Liechtensteinklamm (Wikipedia)
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Liechtensteinklamm (Liechtenstein Gorge) is a gorge with walls up to 300m high, located near St Johann im Pongau in the Austrian Alps, 50 km south of Salzburg.
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Gorges de l'Ardèche (Wikipedia)
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The Gorges de l'Ardèche is made up of a series of gorges in the river and locally known as the "European Grand Canyon", Located in the Ardèche, in the French department Ardèche, forming a thirty-kilometre long canyon running from Vallon-Pont-d'Arc to Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche.
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Kodori Valley (Wikipedia)
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The Kodori Valley, also known as the Kodori Gorge (Georgian: კოდორის ხეობა, Abkhaz: Кәыдырҭа, romanized: Kwydyrta), is a river valley in Abkhazia, a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus.
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Yabakei (Wikipedia)
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The gorge of Yabakei (耶馬渓) is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty spanning the municipalities of Kusu and Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
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Devil's Gorge (Eifel) (Wikipedia)
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The Devil's Gorge or Teufelsschlucht is located on the eastern edge of the Ferschweiler Plateau within the South Eifel Nature Park in the vicinity of Irrel.
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Salzachöfen (Wikipedia)
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Salzachöfen, sometimes translated as Salzachöfen Gorge, is a narrow gorge in the Northern Limestone Alps of Salzburg State, Austria.
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Genbikei (Wikipedia)
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Genbikei (厳美渓) is a two kilometer long ravine on the Iwai River in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Ravenna Gorge (Wikipedia)
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The Ravenna Gorge (German: Ravennaschlucht) is a gorge in the Black Forest in southwest Germany.
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Kamenice Gorge (Wikipedia)
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The Kamenice Gorge (formerly also known as Kamnitz Gorge; Czech: soutěsky Kamenice, German: Kamnitzklamm) is a rocky ravine of the Kamenice River in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
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Elora Gorge (Wikipedia)
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The Elora Gorge is a popular tourist attraction located at the western edge of Elora, Ontario, Canada, which is 25 km north from the city of Guelph.
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Ebbor Gorge (Wikipedia)
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Ebbor Gorge is a limestone gorge in Somerset, England, designated and notified in 1952 as a 63.5-hectare (157-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Mendip Hills.
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Ilse Valley (Wikipedia)
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The Ilse valley (German: Ilsetal) is the ravine of the Ilse stream in the northern boundary of the Harz mountain range in Germany.
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Bode Gorge (Wikipedia)
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The Bode Gorge (German: Bodetal) is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long ravine that forms part of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.
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Grose Valley (Wikipedia)
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The Grose Valley, officially Grose Gorge is a rugged valley in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
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Longyear Valley (Wikipedia)
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The Longyear Valley (Norwegian: Longyeardalen) is a valley and ravine in Svalbard.
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Orino Gorge (Wikipedia)
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The Gorge (of) Orino or Canyon Red Butterfly is a canyon in southeastern Crete.
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Vale of Tempe (Wikipedia)
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The Vale of Tempe or Tembi (; Greek: Τέμπη, Κοιλάδα των Τεμπών; Ancient Greek: Τέμπεα, Τέμπη) is a gorge in the Tempi municipality of northern Thessaly, Greece, located between Olympus to the north and Ossa to the south, and between the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia.
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Barenschutzklamm (Wikipedia)
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The Bärenschützklamm ("Bärenschütz Gorge") is a narrow valley in the Graz Highlands in the Austrian Central Alps.
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Geibikei (Wikipedia)
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Geibikei (猊鼻渓) is a ravine on the Satetsu River in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Taishaku Valley (Wikipedia)
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Taishaku Valley (帝釈峡, Taishaku-kyō) is a ravine in Japan noted for its beauty.
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