Definition of Cataract Canyon

1. Noun. A tributary of the Grand Canyon.

Group relationships: Arizona, Az, Grand Canyon State
Generic synonyms: Gorge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataract Canyon

Catalanophone
Catalans
Catalina
Catalina Island
Catalina cherry
Catalonia
Catalonian
Catalonians
Catalpa bignioides
Catalpa speciosa
Catalunya
Catananche caerula
Catania
Catanzaro
Catapres
Cataract Canyon (current term)
Catarrhina
Catasetum
Catasetum macrocarpum
Catawba
Catawban
Catawbas
Catch-22
Cate
Catenabacterium
Cath
Catha
Catha edulis
Cathal
Cathar

Literary usage of Cataract Canyon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In & Around the Grand Canyon: the Grand canyon of the Colorado river in Arizona by George Wharton James (1900)
"One is the Cataract Canyon of the upper portion of the river, referred to in Chapters Two and Four, and the other is the Cataract Canyon which receives the ..."

2. The Grand Canyon of Arizona: Being a Book of Words from Many Pens, about the (1909)
"While engaged as agent for them he carefully studied the geological conditions of that beautiful side gorge known as Cataract Canyon, a place which ..."

3. The Romance of the Colorado River: The Story of Its Discovery in 1540, with by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1902)
"... Ancient House—On the Back of the Dragon at Last—Cataracts and Cataracts in the Wonderful Cataract Canyon—A Lost Pack-Train—Naming the Echo Peaks. ..."

4. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by Ellsworth Leonardson Kolb (1914)
"The Grand River is on the right 128 Looking west into Cataract Canyon . ... 22 in Cataract Canyon ..... 140 Camp in the heart of Cataract Canyon . ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Less than a hundred miles further north in the Cataract Canyon, ... Through the dome the course is in the straight Cataract Canyon ; the Labyrinth Canyon is ..."

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