<Tr> <Td> - coordinates </Td> <Td> 45 ° 22 ′ 17" N 116 ° 38 ′ 18" W ﻿ / ﻿ 45.37139 ° N 116.63833 ° W ﻿ / 45.37139; - 116.63833 Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′ 17" N 116 ° 38 ′ 18" W ﻿ / ﻿ 45.37139 ° N 116.63833 ° W ﻿ / 45.37139; - 116.63833 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Location of the mouth of Hells Canyon in Oregon and Idaho </Td> </Tr> <P> Hells Canyon is a 10 - mile (16 km) wide canyon located along the border of eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and western Idaho in the United States . It is part of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area and is North America's deepest river gorge at 7,993 feet (2,436 m). </P> <P> The canyon was carved by the waters of the Snake River, which flows more than 1 mile (1.6 km) below the canyon's west rim on the Oregon side and 7,400 feet (2,300 m) below the peaks of Idaho's Seven Devils Mountains range to the east . Most of the area is inaccessible by road . </P>

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