A deep basin scoured into the rock immediately at the base of a waterfall, carved by the force and turbulence of the falling water and the debris it carries as it strikes the streambed below. Plunge pools deepen over time and are a key part of the mechanism by which a waterfall gradually undercuts its own base and migrates upstream.
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Shaped By: Erosion, LeadQuote, Shaped By: Erosion, Lead
It is created by the erosional forces of cascading water on the rocks at the formation's base where the water impacts.
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