Click here to start a tour of Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Click on any of the images to continue to the next page in the linked page series. Or, see a thumbnail gallery. Featured with this page are a collection of images of the Columbia River Plateau in central Washington including the Grand Coulee and Columbia River Gorge in that region. Click here to see tours of other national parks. |
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Click here to see the same images in 3D! (Red-and-cyan viewing glasses are needed to get the three-dimensional effects). |
The U.S. National Forest Service website for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia/forest/ For geologic maps and information about the Columbia River Plateau region check out these websites (USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington): Columbia River Drainage - Columbia River Gorge: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Washington/ColumbiaRiver/framework.html Columbia Plateau, Columbia River Basalt Group: Stratigraphic Subdivision of the Columbia River Basalt Group: Map of Columbia River Flood Basalts: Columbia River Plateau Features Map: America's Volcanic Past - Columbia Plateau and Vicinity: |
This website was prepared by Phil Stoffer
USGS Western Earth Surface Processes
Team, Menlo Park, California.
U.S.
Department of the Interior - U.S.
Geological Survey - Geology
Discipline |