Firefighters battling the Rowena wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge have made significant progress, with containment now at ...

Waterfalls can feel like a dime a dozen in Oregon, where hundreds of documented plunges and multiple “waterfall corridors” are found in the Columbia River Gorge, Willamette Valley, Coast Range and, ...

Framed by looming basalt cliffs, the Columbia River cuts through the landscape, marking the boundary between Oregon to the south and Washington to the north. “The Columbia River Gorge National ...

In the Gorge, by contrast, if you stub a toe on a chunk of rock jutting from the trail it’s almost certain to be basalt. And a particular brand of basalt at that. The great walls of stone that the ...

The 4 kilometre-long basalt Amphitheatre stands several hundred metres high, lording over the Thukela Gorge. At the western end is Sentinel Peak, reaching to 3 165 metres, while the Eastern Buttress ...

It's at this point the relatively wide, tree-lined Temperance slips down into a deep, narrow gorge. Unlike other rivers that simply tumble over the basalt that forms the North Shore, the Temperance ...

Located just 23.3 km east of Yerevan, the Garni Gorge is a protected natural monument, famed for its basalt columns, shaped by the winding Goght River. The vertical cliffs are composed of ...

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And these rock columns are very similar to other basalt rock columns throughout the Columbia River Gorge. What's the difference? (mysterious music) So it turns out there's two basalt stories here.

The reconstruction of the Mitchell Point Tunnel in the Columbia River Gorge. After six years of design and three ... The original tunnel — carved out of basalt and featuring five arch windows where ...

Nestled on the Washington-Oregon border just east of Portland lies the Columbia River Gorge, a remarkable collection of carved basalt cliffs, evergreen trees, and dramatic Columbia River views.