Palouse River Canyon (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Palouse River Canyon

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The Palouse River Canyon is part of the Channeled Scablands, a geologic feature in eastern Washington that was carved by catastrophic flooding during the last ice age. Researchers found that large floods on Mars and Earth carve the land in a similar manner.

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Keith Ewing

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