Inner Gorge

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The Inner Gorge is the steep, narrow, and deeply incised inner chasm of the Grand Canyon, carved by the Colorado River through ancient Vishnu Schist.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Inner Gorge canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gorge ⓘ
landform ⓘ
accessTrail Bright Angel Trail ⓘ
North Kaibab Trail ⓘ
South Kaibab Trail ⓘ
age Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
approximateRockAge 1.7 billion years ⓘ
characteristic deeply incised ⓘ
narrow ⓘ
steep ⓘ
contains Colorado River corridor ⓘ
Phantom Ranch ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
erosionalAgent Colorado River ⓘ
erosionalProcess fluvial erosion ⓘ
exposes Vishnu Basement Rocks ⓘ
basement rocks of the Grand Canyon ⓘ
formedBy Colorado River ⓘ
formedDuring Cenozoic incision of the Grand Canyon ⓘ
geology Vishnu Schist ⓘ
Zoroaster Granite ⓘ
geomorphologicalType inner canyon ⓘ
hasRelief high local relief ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Grand Canyon National Park ⓘ
United States ⓘ
lowestSectionOf Grand Canyon ⓘ
notableFor dramatic vertical cliffs ⓘ
exposure of some of the oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon ⓘ
partOf Grand Canyon ⓘ
partOfGeologicFeature Grand Canyon Supergroup and basement complex ⓘ
riverFlowsThrough Colorado River ⓘ
rockType igneous rock ⓘ
metamorphic rock ⓘ
tourismActivity backpacking ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
underlies younger Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the Grand Canyon walls ⓘ
withinPhysiographicProvince Colorado Plateau ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Rim → hasViewOf → Inner Gorge ⓘ
South Kaibab Trail → hasViewOf → Inner Gorge ⓘ