An exceptionally narrow canyon, often only a few feet wide at its base while towering many times that height, cut where flash floods repeatedly funnel through a joint or crack in soft, easily eroded rock such as sandstone. Slot canyons are especially prone to sudden, dangerous flash flooding because their narrow width channels storm runoff from a wide area into a very confined space.
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SymbolAn extremely narrow, winding crack between two close rock walls. 1 Connections
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a long, narrow channel or drainageway with sheer rock walls that are typically eroded into either sandstone or other sedimentary rock
Shaped By: Erosion, Lead
A slot canyon is a long, narrow channel or drainageway with sheer rock walls that are typically eroded into either sandstone or other sedimentary rock.
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