What are waterfalls?
I know, obvious question, right? But have you ever wondered how
they were formed? How the water is able to continuously cascade
over rocks or cliffs, like a faucet? Did you know that there are
different types of waterfalls? If you’re like me, you’ve seen quite
a few waterfalls throughout your lifetime, but never knew anything
about them. The only thing you knew is that they were an example of
nature's impeccable beauty. My hopes for this website is to pass on
some of the knowledge I’ve learned about waterfall formation.
Douglas Falls flows 60 feet over Quartzite and Aragonite from the
Protorozoic or early Cambrian period.Somewhere between 550-900
million years ago. If you search real close you might find small
holes a worm like criter made in these rocks.
Types of Waterfalls
There are 7 different types of waterfalls. Each of the types is
classified by how the water flows over the rocks beneath the water.
The following is a list of the types and their descriptions.If
there are waterfalls listed that you haven't heard of before, I
highly suggest doing a Google search for them. Some of them are
amazing to look at!
Block, where the water descends from a relatively wide
stream or river;
Fan, where the water spreads horizontally as it descends
while remaining in contact with bedrock;
Horsetail, where descending water maintains some contact
with bedrock;
Plunge, where the water descends vertically, losing
contact with the bedrock surface;
Punchbowl, where the water descends in a constricted
form, then spreads out in a wider pool;
Segmented, where distinctly separate flows of water form
as it descends;
Tiered, where water drops in a series of distinct steps
or falls.
To log this cache Take a pic of you at the Overlook or the
Falls.
Email me the answers to these Questions
1-What type of Falls from the list would Douglas Falls be
considered?
2-Who was The falls named after?
3-what did he do in 1855?