Dry Falls in Washington was a roughly 400-foot-high Ice Age cataract spanning about 3.5 miles—around 2.4 times the height of Niagara Falls. The video says a Nepal flood measured on an earlier trip was about 1/1,600 the size of the Dry Falls megaflood. The scale of ancient Ice Age flooding in the Pacific Northwest is almost incomprehensible. 🌊
Dry Falls was a 400-foot, 3.5-mile-wide Ice Age cataract
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Key facts
- Dry Falls' former waterfall was approximately 400 feet (122 metres) high and 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometres) wide, not 5 miles across.
- Dry Falls was about 2.4 times the height of Niagara Falls.
- Niagara Falls' combined width is about 4,070 feet (0.77 miles), with average flow near 85,000 cubic feet per second and peak flow reaching about 2,800 cubic metres per second.
- The video claims that a Nepal flood measured on a previous trip was about 1/1,600 the size of the Dry Falls megaflood.
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Dry Fallsen.wikipedia.org
Dry Falls is a 3.5-mile-long (5.6 km) scalloped precipice with four major alcoves, in central Washington scablands. This cataract complex is on the opposite ...
Dry Falls | Grant County, WAgrantcountywa.gov
Viewing the 3.5 miles of sheer cliffs that drop 400 feet, it is easy to imagine the roar of water pouring over them. (Niagara Falls by comparison, is one mile ...
Dry Falls Visitor Center - Washington State Parks - WA.govparks.wa.gov
Dry Falls, the main feature in a series of huge cataracts known as the “great cataract group”, sits at the heart of Washington's Channeled Scabland, ...
Dry Falls Interpretive Center in Coulee City, WAterrain360.com
The Dry Falls Interpretive Center trail is a short 0.27-kilometer accessible pathway at 484.5 meters elevation in Coulee City, Washington, offering spectacular ...
Dry Falls internationally recognized as scientifically significant ...parks.wa.gov
The dry 400-foot-high, 3.5-mile-wide remnants of this ice age waterfall make up one of the largest cataracts on the planet. The area was first ...
Dry Falls and the Channeled Scablandiugs-geoheritage.org
A panoramic view of the 400-foot (122-meter) high cliffs and waterfall plunge pools of Dry Falls from the state park visitor center.
Scenic Washington | Dry Fallsscenicwa.com
Carved by Ice Age floods the former waterfall is now a stark cliff, 400 feet high and 3.5 miles wide.
Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Parknps.gov
Today, the 400 foot-high, 3.5 mile-wide cliff overlooks a big sky and a landscape of deep gorges and dark, reflective lakes.
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