Several secondary plateaus of lower altitude are also distinguished by geographers, The Katun valley begins as a wild gorge on the south-west slope of Belukha ; then, after a big bend, the river ( 600 km long ) pierces the Katun Alps, and enters a wider valley, lying at an altitude of from 600 to 1, 100 m, which it follows until it emerges from the Altai highlands to join the Biya in a most picturesque region.

During the wet season, rises in water levels may allow Saltwater Crocodiles to enter the gorge, where they are caught and relocated to lower levels when the dry season begins.

Although a number of European explorers contemplated tracing the course of the Blue Nile from its confluence with the White Nile to Lake Tana, its gorge, which begins a few miles inside the Ethiopian border, has discouraged all attempts since Frédéric Cailliaud's attempt in 1821.

The route runs through the gorge of the Partnachklamm and along the Partnach river to the Bock Hut (), where the Reintal begins.

The Manawatu River begins just inside the Hawke's Bay Region, then flows through a deep gorge to the Manawatu Plains before exiting in the Tasman Sea.

Below Crystal Dam it begins to roar through massive cataracts and flows through the deepest part of the gorge.

The gorge begins with the impressive 25 foot Boonton Falls.

Further south, after the confluence of Egypt Run, the creek begins to turn and meander in a narrow gorge, passing through Landenberg, formerly a mill town and the junction of the Pomeroy & Newark with the Wilmington and Western Railroad.

The valley is drained by two major drainages ; Grape Creek which begins in the south of Custer County near Music Pass and flows North into Deweese Reservoir from there it enters a narrow gorge before reaching the Arkansas River and Texas Creek which begins northwest of Westcliffe and flows to the northeast meeting the Arkansas River at US Highway 50.

The " Sentier de l ' Imbut " hike begins from this side of the gorge.

The river begins in the gorge country of western Queensland, meanders south and spreads into the vast floodplains of New South Wales, eventually reaching the Paroo overflow lakes.

Gate of the Valley ) is a point on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, 23 km from Jerusalem, where the road begins to ascend into a gorge between cliffs.

Beyond the gorge, the river enters the upper extremes of its Center Hill Lake impoundment and begins winding its way northward toward its mouth along the Cumberland River, near Carthage.

Now in the town of Lewiston, NY 104 comes within view of the Niagara River gorge and begins to run along its eastern rim.

Northern Extension ( Potomac Heritage Trail ): This unpaved hiking trail begins northwest of Theodore Roosevelt Island and travels northwest through Arlington and Fairfax Counties in and near the Potomac River gorge and near the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

Rod looked apprehensively ahead at the narrowing, precipice-walled gorge.

The island has a number of gorges such as the famous gorge of Samaria, Imbros gorge, Kourtaliotiko gorge, Ha gorge, Platania gorge, the Gorge of the Dead ( at Kato Zakros, Sitia ) and Richtis Gorge and waterfall at Exo Mouliana in Sitia.

Popular tourist attractions include the archaeological sites of the Minoan civilisation, the Venetian old city and port of Chania, the Venetian castle at Rethymno, the gorge of Samaria, the islands of Chrysi, Elafonisi, Gramvousa, and Spinalonga and the Palm Beach of Vai, which is the largest natural palm forest in Europe.

The Kri-kri ( the Cretan ibex ) lives in protected natural parks at the gorge of Samaria and the island of Agios Theodoros.

It then winds through a gorge, which varies from two to 16 kilometers in width, until it flows out on the plain at Ar Ramadi.

The St. John River itself flows into the Bay of Fundy through a narrow gorge several hundred feet wide at the centre of the city.

A series of underwater ledges at the narrowest point of this gorge also create a series of rapids.

The Reversing Falls in Saint John, actually an area of strong rapids, provides one example of the power of these tides ; at every high tide, ocean water is pushed through a narrow gorge in the middle of the city and forces the St. John River to reverse its flow for several hours.

Vessels navigating the St. John River can only transit the Reversing Falls gorge at slack tide, thus Indiantown became a location during the 19th and 20th centuries where tugboats and paddle wheelers could dock to wait.

Georgia has also accused Russia of carrying out bombing raids in the gorge region in which at least one Georgian civilian was believed to have perished.

File: Denver and Rio Grande Royal Gorge train. JPG | D & RGW's Royal Gorge at the bottom of the gorge with the suspension bridge above.

Even after these undertakings, Luna Island, the small piece of land between the main waterfall and the Bridal Veil, remained off limits to the public for years owing to fears that it was unstable and could collapse into the gorge at any time.

Students at the University of Guelph demonstrated, using scale models, that as air passes over the top of the new hotels it causes a breeze to roll down the south sides of the buildings and spill into the gorge below the falls, where it feeds into a whirlpool of moisture and air.

After an attempt at siege was abandoned due to the weather and the exposed position of the deep valley gorge, the troops are said to have taken to exit through the high ports to the south, in order to continue in the search and destroy action against other rebels.

Trees are mainly in leaf to its rear, among which a limestone kiln is visible at the foot of a gorge.

These blocks of rock are then broken down into smaller boulders by attrition as they collide with each other, and they also erode the base of the waterfall by abrasion, creating a deep plunge pool or gorge.

A walk trail exists along the eastern base of the gorge walls although the terrain is rough and uneven it does offer an excellent view.

The city got its name from the single, large spring that issued into a small gorge between the base of Scenic Mountain and a neighboring hill in the southwestern part of the city limits.

With a width of 50 feet ( 15 m ) at its base and a few hundred feet at its top, and a depth of 1, 250 feet ( 380 m ) in places, the 10-mile-long canyon is a narrow, steep gorge through the granite of Fremont Peak.

To reach the base of the Pinnacle Ridge a climber starts in the same place as for the route described above but instead of crossing the burn continues up hill on the right hand side until just below the start of the Basteir gorge when the stream exiting the gorge is crossed to reach the base of the lowest pinnacle.

These lakes lie at the base of a gorge that is somewhat longer than a mile in length.

Blida lies surrounded with orchards and gardens, above the sea, at the base of the Tell Atlas, on the southern edge of the fertile Mitidja Plain, and the right bank of the Oued el kebir outflow from the Chiffa gorge.

One of the more popular Chinese revolutionary songs was " Nanniwan ", a 1943 song lauding the exploits of the Chinese Red Army in a gorge in Shaanxi province near the revolutionary base of Yan ' an.

A short trail leads from the parking lot atop the plateau down to the base of the gorge, giving access to the waterfall's plungepool.

A short trail leads from the parking lot atop the plateau down to the base of the gorge, giving access to the waterfall's plungepool.

A short trail leads from the parking lot to the base of the gorge.