Minecraft:Canyon

Template:DistinguishTemplate:ForTemplate:For Template:Infobox structure Canyons<ref>Template:Snap</ref> (formerly and commonly known as ravines) are deep and long cracks breaching the underground layers of the Minecraft:Overworld. Occasionally, they may breach the surface, potentially exposing caves that would not normally be visible otherwise.

Structure

Canyons are around 85 to 127 blocks in length and typically less than 15 blocks wide. Minecraft:Water-filled canyons can also be found in any Minecraft:ocean biome. Canyons are up to 62 blocks in depth and can start at levels 10 to 72. Canyons in Minecraft:amplified worlds and Template:In may go all the way down to the Minecraft:bedrock layer, causing canyons spawning in mountainous Minecraft:biomes to appear deeper. A canyon extending down to bedrock causes Minecraft:lava sources to generate at the bottom. Minecraft:Obsidian often forms at the bottom as water Minecraft:springs flow down into the lava.

Canyons may have small ledges along the top. Deep canyons sometimes spawn Minecraft:slimes or expose a Minecraft:diamond ore vein. Canyons may also be floored by the lava lakes at level -55 or even deeper.

Canyons can connect to caves, Minecraft:amethyst geodes, Minecraft:monster rooms, Minecraft:mineshafts, Minecraft:strongholds or any other generated Minecraft:structures. Due to the large surface area of their walls, canyons often have water and lava flowing down them from springs in the walls, aquifers or openings to a lake or an ocean biome. A canyon that intersects a Minecraft:river, a Minecraft:frozen river or a Minecraft:swamp is filled with stone under the body of water. Template:Calculator

Lava lakes

File:Lava Ravine.png

A lava lake inside of a canyon.

Similarly to how lakes replace all Minecraft:air blocks below a certain altitude on the surface, when deep enough in a canyon, all blocks that would generate as air instead generate as lava lakes.

Data values

ID

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History

Historical screenshots

• Canyons were included unused in a developer fork of 1.2_02
  Canyons were included unused in a developer fork of 1.2_02
• The first image of a ravine
  The first image of a ravine
• An image from Notch of a ravine cutting through a stronghold
  An image from Notch of a ravine cutting through a stronghold

Trivia

• Template:IN the seed 1669320484 generates a huge canyon extending endlessly from southwest to northeast at Minecraft:coordinate X=−1269, Z=0, shaped by countless identical connected north-south canyons. There are other lines of canyons parallel to this one, but few of them are visible aboveground or have the canyons connected. This seed also generates parallel lines of endless Minecraft:dungeons underground. As of 1.18, nearly all endless canyons are underground.
• It is relatively common to find multiple intersecting canyons, often running perpendicular to the parent canyon, on different Y levels. Before the introduction of large Minecraft:noise caves in 1.18, this phenomenon led to some of the largest possible caves in the game.
• An early version of canyons exist in an unreleased build of Beta 1.2_02, generating above and underground, and being noticeably shorter in height.

• Wide-angle view of endless canyon in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition seed 1669320484
  Wide-angle view of endless canyon in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition seed 1669320484
• View toward horizon along endless canyon
  View toward horizon along endless canyon
• Village generated on the rim of the endless canyon
  Village generated on the rim of the endless canyon

Gallery

• Two canyons joined together underground
  Two canyons joined together underground
• Two canyons open to the sky that generated next to each other, with a Minecraft:river biome between them
  Two canyons open to the sky that generated next to each other, with a Minecraft:river biome between them
• An underwater canyon
  An underwater canyon
• A canyon that exposed a mineshaft
  A canyon that exposed a mineshaft
• A deep cliff reaching bedrock levels
  A deep cliff reaching bedrock levels
• A canyon generated under another canyon
  A canyon generated under another canyon
• A small canyon viewed from the sky
  A small canyon viewed from the sky
• A canyon viewed from inside
  A canyon viewed from inside
• A canyon that has been cut through by an ocean
  A canyon that has been cut through by an ocean
• A hole in the ground through which a canyon is visible
  A hole in the ground through which a canyon is visible
• Iron and lapis ores exposed to sunlight in deep canyon
  Iron and lapis ores exposed to sunlight in deep canyon
• Water flowing into the canyon from nearby river
  Water flowing into the canyon from nearby river
• Canyon generation may not always update nearby water
  Canyon generation may not always update nearby water
• A tree that generated in a canyon, next to the lava and mineshaft
  A tree that generated in a canyon, next to the lava and mineshaft
• Water generated in midair over a large connected canyon
  Water generated in midair over a large connected canyon
• A Minecraft:jungle pyramid, Minecraft:stronghold, and Minecraft:mineshaft generated together in one canyon
  A Minecraft:jungle pyramid, Minecraft:stronghold, and Minecraft:mineshaft generated together in one canyon
• A triple canyon with a mineshaft at the bottom
  A triple canyon with a mineshaft at the bottom
• Naturally generated Minecraft:diamond ore, Minecraft:redstone ore, and Minecraft:lapis lazuli ore found in a canyon. Check the image for seed and coordinates
  Naturally generated Minecraft:diamond ore, Minecraft:redstone ore, and Minecraft:lapis lazuli ore found in a canyon. Check the image for seed and coordinates
• Two underwater canyons merged together
  Two underwater canyons merged together
• A 120 block deep canyon in Bedrock Edition
  A 120 block deep canyon in Bedrock Edition
• Relatively slim and shallow canyon in plains biome
  Relatively slim and shallow canyon in plains biome
• Slim, but rather deep canyon generated in plains biome
  Slim, but rather deep canyon generated in plains biome
• Double canyon with many mineshaft bridges in it
  Double canyon with many mineshaft bridges in it
• A canyon that generated underwater
  A canyon that generated underwater
• Canyon with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and stronghold bridge over it
  Canyon with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and stronghold bridge over it
• Badlands mineshaft bridge generated over a canyon
  Badlands mineshaft bridge generated over a canyon
• A ruined portal generated on top of a canyon
  A ruined portal generated on top of a canyon
• A canyon in Bedrock Edition
  A canyon in Bedrock Edition
• A canyon in Bedrock Edition
  A canyon in Bedrock Edition
• A canyon in Bedrock Edition
  A canyon in Bedrock Edition
• A canyon in the Nether
  A canyon in the Nether
• A canyon with lava in an undeleted world
  A canyon with lava in an undeleted world
• An X-Ray view of a canyon
  An X-Ray view of a canyon
• A Minecraft:tree in the canyon
  A Minecraft:tree in the canyon
• A large dripstone canyon reaches the bedrock layer
  A large dripstone canyon reaches the bedrock layer
• A canyon is generated underwater
  A canyon is generated underwater
• A Minecraft:fossil in a canyon
  A Minecraft:fossil in a canyon
• Ditto, but different angle
  Ditto, but different angle
• Ditto, but different angle
  Ditto, but different angle
• A canyon filled with Minecraft:water near a Minecraft:river
  A canyon filled with Minecraft:water near a Minecraft:river
• A slim canyon near a river
  A slim canyon near a river
• Canyon taken from Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals
  Canyon taken from Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals
• A reef in a underwater canyon
  A reef in a underwater canyon
• A Minecraft:Mineshaft bridge in a deep canyon
  A Minecraft:Mineshaft bridge in a deep canyon
• A Minecraft:fossil in an underwater canyon
  A Minecraft:fossil in an underwater canyon
• A canyon that is flooded
  A canyon that is flooded
• A canyon that is near fossil and the ocean ruins
  A canyon that is near fossil and the ocean ruins

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