Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Hell's Half Acre lava plain is located in Bingham and Bonneville counties in the state of Idaho. The site is about 150 square miles (390 km 2) in size. [1] The area where a former lava lake existed is marked by a 875-yard (800 m) long by 328-yard (300 m) wide depression near the summit of the lava field. [7]
There are at least 115 named mountain ranges in Idaho. Some of these ranges extend into the neighboring states of Montana , Nevada , Oregon , Utah , Washington , and Wyoming . Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey , Geographic Names Information System .
Since 1919, the Idaho Geological Survey (formerly Bureau of Mines and Geology) has studied and reported on the general and environmental geology of the state. The Survey also studies and reports on the water (both surface and ground), mineral data, and energy assets of the state.
Idaho is a Rocky Mountain state with abundant natural resources and scenic areas. The state has snow-capped mountain ranges, rapids, vast lakes and steep canyons. The waters of the Snake River run through Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in the United States. Shoshone Falls falls down cliffs from a height greater than Niagara Falls.
The Snake River cutting through the plain leaves many canyons and gorges, such as this one near Twin Falls, Idaho Snake River Plain across southern Idaho The eastern Snake River Plain, image from NASA's Aqua satellite, 2008. The Snake River Plain is a geologic feature located primarily within the U.S. state of Idaho.
There are at least 63 named waterfalls in Idaho as listed in the Geographic Names Information System by the U.S. Geological Survey.. Albeni Falls, Bonner County, Idaho, el. 2,064 feet (629
The North and South Menan Buttes in southeastern Idaho are two of the world's largest volcanic tuff cones. The two cones, with four smaller associated cones, align along a north-northwest line and comprise the Menan Complex.
Mountains surrounding the western Snake River Valley region exceed 7,000 feet (2,134 m), especially to the east of the viticultural area boundary line in the Boise National Forest, as shown on the Idaho City, Idaho, USGS map. The City of Twin Falls, Idaho, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of the Snake River Valley viticultural area's eastern ...