Apertados Canyon (
Portuguese: ''Canyon dos Apertados'') is a
canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
located in
Currais Novos
Currais Novos is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of Brazil. As of 2020, the population was estimated at 44,905.
Prominent people
* Vi ...
,
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", ref ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. The Picuí and Currais Novos Rivers carved the canyon through the granite bedrock of the Chapéu mountains along the border with the state of
Paraíba
Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...
.
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Canyons and gorges of Brazil
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