Channeled Scablands - Babcock Bench

Aerial photo of a landscape channeled by ancient floods into many smaller plateaus.
Photo By/Credit
Michael Melford/National Geographic Society
Date Shot/Created
03/27/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Floodwaters scoured this chaotic labyrinth of channels into the bedrock of Babcock Bench, perched 600 feet above the Columbia River.
Subject tags
Floods
Geology
Physical geography