Mystic Falls in Indian Canyon, in southwest Spokane
A majestic rift, and a stream that flows the wrong way
The hydrogeology of what the geologists call the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) is generally simple. In the middle of the Miocene epoch (~14-17 million years ago) lava erupted from fissures in southeastern Washington/northeastern Oregon leaving i…
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