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Upper Mesa Falls

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lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River then carved the channel through the basalt; which is the inner canyon seen today.
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Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with
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deposited a thick layer of rock and ash across the area. This layer compressed and hardened over time.
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Upper Mesa Falls is roughly 114 feet (35 m) high and 200 feet (61 m) wide.
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Fremont County
Idaho
Coordinates
44°11′16″N 111°19′48″W / 44.18778°N 111.33000°W / 44.18778; -111.33000
Type
Henrys Fork (Snake River)
waterfall
Henrys Fork
Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Lower Mesa Falls
Ashton, Idaho
Tuff
rhyolitic
caldera
basalt
List of waterfalls in Idaho
"Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho"
"Upper Mesa Falls"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
"Mesa Falls Near Ashton Idaho"
Boise, ID
Boise State University
ISBN
978-0-932129-12-3
OCLC
31689273
Mesa Falls Visitor Center

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