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Ben Never won awards for my style. And you are right some streams are overflows of basins. However most rivers do end up in the lowest areas which normally are faults. Rock canyons for the most part were formed by splits in the Crustal plate. Some are more obvious than others. The vertical wall canyons along the Rio Grande north of Albuquerque and where she exits between cliffs in the Big Bend area are perfect examples. Remove the infill from the bottom and the two sides would fit back together perfectly. The Grand Canyon is another large tear in the crust that can be traced all the way to Baja. While the colorado has carried away some material out of the canyon it didn't saw down as the mountain rose. These faults were caused by a great catastrophe that ended the cretaceous period and ripped and fractured the original crust which split into the current continents. The missing crust became…………. the moon. Yes …I said it. More bad style but worthy content presented poorly. Kamron