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Yellowstone Falls

Waterfalls and Cataracts

A pair of waterfalls, the Upper and Lower Falls, on the Yellowstone River within Yellowstone National Park, dropping into the dramatic Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone below. The Lower Falls is more than twice the height of Niagara Falls.

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Wikidata: Yellowstone Falls
Wikidata Q1030911, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Yellowstone Falls (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Erosion, Formation statement for target 23652
Quote, Shaped By: Erosion, Formation statement for target 23652
The brink of Upper Falls marks the junction between a hard rhyolite lava flow and weaker glassy lava that has been more heavily eroded.
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