Channeled Scablands

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The Channeled Scablands are a rugged, eroded landscape in eastern Washington carved by cataclysmic Ice Age floods, featuring deep coulees, dry falls, and scoured basalt terrain.

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Generate an image of the Channeled Scablands (The Channeled Scablands are a rugged, eroded landscape in eastern Washington carved by cataclysmic Ice Age floods, featuring deep coulees, dry falls, and scoured basalt terrain.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf erosional landform
geologic region
megaflood landscape
associatedWith Cordilleran Ice Sheet
Glacial Lake Missoula
linked to: Lake Missoula basin

J Harlen Bretz
Spokane Floods
linked to: Missoula floods
climateZone semiarid
controversialAtTimeOfProposal yes
country United States
dominantErosionMechanism abrasion by high-velocity water
kolk erosion
plucking of basalt
drainageTo Columbia River
formedBy Ice Age floods
linked to: Missoula floods

Missoula Floods
linked to: Missoula floods
geologicalAge Pleistocene
linked to: Pleistocene epoch
hasFeature channeled tracts
coulees
dry cataracts
dry falls
giant current ripples
hanging valleys
kolk-carved basins
plunge pools
pothole cataracts
rock basins
scabland buttes
linked to: Channeled Scablands

scoured bedrock
locatedIn Columbia Plateau
eastern Washington
notableSite Crab Creek coulee
Dry Falls
Frenchman Coulee
Grand Coulee
linked to: Grand Coulee Dam

Moses Coulee
Palouse Falls
Potholes Coulee
partOf Columbia River Basin
primaryProcess catastrophic flooding
glacial outburst floods
primaryRockType basalt
proposalYearByBretz 1923
scientificSignificance evidence for catastrophic flood geology
key example of megaflood geomorphology
tourismActivity geotourism
hiking
sightseeing
usedFor geology education
geomorphology research

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Columbia Plateau contains Channeled Scablands
Soap Lake, Washington hasNearbyLandform Grand Coulee region
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Soap Lake, Washington hasNearbyLandform Channeled Scablands
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge hasGeologicalFeature channeled scablands
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Eastern Washington contains Channeled Scablands
subject linked to: eastern Washington
Missoula floods reshaped Channeled Scablands
Channeled Scablands hasFeature scabland buttes
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Lake Missoula basin influencedFormationOf Channeled Scablands
Lake Missoula basin relatedTo Channeled Scablands
Dry Falls partOf Channeled Scablands
subject linked to: dry falls
Dry Falls associatedWith Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
subject linked to: dry falls
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Lake Lewis partOf Channeled Scablands flood system
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Lake Lewis associatedWith Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
linked to: Channeled Scablands
J Harlen Bretz studied Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Dry Falls partOf Channeled Scablands
Dry Falls interpretiveTheme Channeled Scablands formation
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Palouse Falls partOf Channeled Scablands
Glacial Lake Columbia associatedWith Channeled Scablands
Moses Coulee partOf Channeled Scablands
Crab Creek coulee locatedIn Channeled Scablands
Crab Creek coulee partOf Channeled Scablands erosional system
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Potholes Coulee partOf Channeled Scablands
Potholes Coulee partOf Grand Coulee–Moses Coulee–Potholes Coulee scabland system
linked to: Channeled Scablands
Frenchman Coulee partOf Channeled Scablands
Withrow, Washington geologicalFeatureNearby Channeled Scablands
Benge, Washington locatedIn Channeled Scablands region
linked to: Channeled Scablands