. Sixth annual report of the United States geological survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah : being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872. ^^—.^ggwttt^4;S UPPER FALL OF YELLO\VSTONE RIVER, 140 FEET. Fig- 34. J-0\VEk FALL OK YELLOWSTONE RIVER, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEREITOEIES. 133 strikes a number of ledges of rock, which churn it into a mass of portion of the water is projected out like a broad fan, and strik-ing the water below makes a sort of ricochet, while the main massof water reaches the base of the fall about 2
. Sixth annual report of the United States geological survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah : being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872. ^^—.^ggwttt^4;S UPPER FALL OF YELLO\VSTONE RIVER, 140 FEET. Fig- 34. J-0\VEk FALL OK YELLOWSTONE RIVER, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEREITOEIES. 133 strikes a number of ledges of rock, which churn it into a mass of portion of the water is projected out like a broad fan, and strik-ing the water below makes a sort of ricochet, while the main massof water reaches the base of the fall about 20 feet from the verti-cal line let fall from the top. The water has cut out of the solid rock arouuded basin, from which the course of the river is almost at rightangles to the course above the fall. For some distance above the fall Fig. 36.
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