Sulak Canyon

43°00′34″N 46°49′40″E / 43.00944°N 46.82778°E / 43.00944; 46.82778

Sulak Canyon
The Sulak River flowing through the Sulak Canyon
Floor elevationapprox. 1,920 metres (6,300 ft)
Length53 kilometres (33 mi)
Geography
LocationDagestan, Russia
Coordinates43°00′34″N 46°49′40″E / 43.00944°N 46.82778°E / 43.00944; 46.82778
RiversSulak River

The Sulak Canyon (Avar: Сулахъ кӏкIал, Russian: Сулакский каньон) is a steep-sided deepest canyon in Europe carved by the Sulak River in Dagestan, Russia.[1] The Sulak Canyon is 53 kilometres (33 mi) long, and attains a depth of over a mile (1,920 meters or 6,300 feet).[2] It is 63 meters deeper than the Grand Canyon in the US and 620 meters deeper than the Tara River Canyon in Balkans.[3]

  1. ^ "Сулакский каньон в Дагестане захлестнул туристический поток". mkala.mk.ru. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ^ "На Сулакском каньоне Дагестана пройдет фестиваль горного чая в августе". РИА Новости (in Russian). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  3. ^ "Аура Сулакского каньона". Dagpravda.ru. 2018-09-20. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2020-09-26.

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