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Copper Canyon

canyon, Mexico

Also known as: Barranca de Cobre, Cobre Canyon

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physiography of Mexico

In Chihuahua
Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre), in the western part of the state, reaches depths of 4,600 feet (1,400 metres) in places. It is larger and more spectacular than the Grand Canyon but is virtually inaccessible, though a railway traverses part of it. Among the other…
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