Contact: Kathy Svitil
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California Institute of Technology

Canyon Lake Gorge

Caption: This is an aerial photograph taken near the time of the 2002 flood event at Canyon Lake, Texas. Floodwaters overflowed Canyon Lake reservoir and carved the gorge downstream.

Credit: Comal County, Texas.

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