Dark Canyon ( Kemaliye )

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Although it goes by several different names, Turkey's Karanlık Kanyon is definitely on the top five lists of many of the world's canyon-rankers. Carved out by a major subsidiary of the Euphrates River (one of the ancient world's most important waterways), the canyon runs through a portion of Turkey's Eastern Anatolia region. Top contributor and pilot Alp Karagule filmed this marvel by drone. When you're watching this aerial video, you will appreciate the meaning of its name, which translates to "Dark Canyon".

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The Karanlık Kanyon, or Dark Canyon, is the second-biggest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon. Though it draws the attention of international tourists, local tourists don’t know much about it.

It is hard to describe the beauties of the Karanlık Kanyon, the home of a lot of wild animals. There, the goats and lynxes play with each other on the steep cliffs and eagles fly overhead, springs flow over rocks and reach the Fırat River.

The “garbans,” as they are called after the name given to them during the era when chained rock and high mountain passages or Silk Road caravans were there, are visited by travelers now. Kırkgöz is a wonderful place to see, where springs flow from 40 different points, and which has an amazing landscape.