Upper Mesa Falls
Upper Mesa Falls is a waterfall on the Henrys Fork in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Upstream from Lower Mesa Falls, it is roughly 16 miles (26 km) away from Ashton, Idaho.[2]
Upper Mesa Falls is roughly 114 feet (35 m) high and 200 feet (61 m) wide.[3]
Formation
Mesa Falls Tuff, which is the rock over which Upper Mesa Falls cascades, was formed 1.3 million years ago. A cycle of rhyolitic volcanism from the Henrys Fork caldera deposited a thick layer of rock and ash across the area.[4] This layer compressed and hardened over time.
Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with basalt lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River then carved the channel through the basalt; which is the inner canyon seen today.
See also
References
- ^ "Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho". Public Lands Information Center. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ "Upper Mesa Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ "Mesa Falls Near Ashton Idaho".
- ^ Shallat, Todd A; Bentley, E B (1994). Snake: the plain and its people. Boise, ID: Boise State University. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-932129-12-3. OCLC 31689273.
External links
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- Mesa Falls Visitor Center (USDA Forest Service - Caribou-Targhee National Forest)
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