Dry Falls

fossil waterfall, United States

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In river: Falls attributable to constructional processes
…the most interesting examples is Dry Falls, a “fossil waterfall” in the Columbia River Plateau, Washington, which formed in late Pleistocene time. A large ice sheet blocked and diverted the then-westward-flowing Columbia River and formed a vast glacial lake. The lake drained to the south when permitted to do so…
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