Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River
by Charles Robinson
Title
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River
Artist
Charles Robinson
Medium
Photograph - Landscape Photograph
Description
The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River give a harsh testimony to the natural forces at work in Yellowstone National Park. The Lower Falls are 308 feet (94 m) high, or almost twice as high as Niagara. The volume of water is in no way comparable to Niagara as the width of the Yellowstone River before it goes over the lower falls is 70 feet (22 m), whereas Niagara is a half mile (800 m).
The lower falls descend from the Canyon Rhyolite lava flow. The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone is the largest volume major waterfall in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. The volume of water flowing over the falls can vary from 63,500 gal/s (240 cm/s) at peak runoff to 5,000 USgal/s (19 cm/s) in the fall.
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December 14th, 2013
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