Long Canyon (Navajo County, Arizona)
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Long Canyon 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 ...
in
Navajo County, Arizona Navajo County is in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 106,717. The county seat is Holbrook. Navajo County comprises the Show Low, Arizona Micropolitan Statistical Area. Navajo County co ...
. The head of Long Canyon is at .
Laguña Creek Laguña Creek also formerly also known as Tyende Creek, is a stream in the Navajo and Apache Counties of Arizona. Laguña Creek has its source at , at the confluence of Long Canyon and Dowozhiebito Canyon at an elevation of at the head of Ts ...
has its headwaters at the mouth of Long Canyon, where the creeks from Long Canyon and Dowozhiebito Canyon have their confluence at an elevation of at the head of
Tsegi Canyon Tsegi Canyon is a canyon in Navajo County, Arizona. Tsegi, meaning ''in between the rocks'', is a Navajo descriptive term for deep canyons with sheer walls. Laguña Creek has its headwaters at the head of Tsegi Canyon at , where the creeks from Lo ...
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Canyons and gorges of Arizona Landforms of Navajo County, Arizona Geography of the Navajo Nation Colorado Plateau Old Spanish Trail (trade route) {{NavajoCountyAZ-geo-stub