The Guartelá Canyon ( Portuguese: ''Cânion Guartelá'') 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 ...

Tibagi Tibagi is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. Second largest municipality of Paraná in land, Tibagi expands over an area of over . With the vast territory, its economy is based on agriculture and it is consi ...

and

Castro Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''. ...

, Paraná,

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 canyon of the Iapó River is protected by the

Guartelá State Park The Guartelá State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Guartelá) is a state park in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It protects the Guartelá Canyon, its surroundings and the area's natural environment. Location The Guartelá State Park is in the mu ...

, created in 1992.

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Canyons of Paraná Landforms of Paraná (state) Tibagi Castro, Paraná {{ParanáBR-geo-stub