Chahkouh deep valley
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Chahkouh deep valley

by Masoumeh Mahbouby Niyeh, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Chahkouh Canyon, as deep as 100 meters, is located in Shahab, a town on Qeshm Island in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.
The walls of the valley are very tall, there is little light in the deeper parts of the valley. The type of Chahkouh rocks is sedimentary rock known as limestone