Basalt Falls

Basalt Falls

Basalt Falls is a waterfall on the Dean River in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, located north of the community of Anahim Lake. . It is approximately 12 feet in height and is composed of columnar basalt.

ee also

*Chilcotin Plateau Basalts
*Anahim Volcanic Belt
*Anahim hotspot

References

* [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=11714 BCGNIS listing "Basalt Falls"]


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