Story of Dry Falls

Story of Dry Falls (HM2E7V)

Location: Coulee City, WA 99115 Grant County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 36.42', W 119° 21.86'

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These cliffs are skeletal remnants of what was once the world's largest waterfall. They bear stark witness to the tremendous power of catastrophic floods that swept over Eastern Washington at the end of the last Ice Age.
The falls began 20 mi. to the south, but receded upstream through powerful erosive action. The retreat of the falls gave birth to the canyon below, the lower Grand Coulee, with the enormous force of the floodwaters spewing several cubic miles of rock over vast areas downstream. Today Dry Falls remains as one of the most spectacular geologic wonders of the Age of Ice.
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HM NumberHM2E7V
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Placed ByWashington State Parks
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Date Added Sunday, February 10th, 2019 at 7:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 322300 N 5275329
Decimal Degrees47.60700000, -119.36433333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 36.42', W 119° 21.86'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 36' 25.2" N, 119° 21' 51.6" W
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Area Code(s)509
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 35661 WA-17, Coulee City WA 99115, US
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