Crab Creek coulee

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Crab Creek coulee is a prominent erosional valley in Washington’s Channeled Scablands, formed by cataclysmic Ice Age floods and noted for its striking basalt cliffs and dry coulee landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coulee
erosional valley
landform
associatedWith Crab Creek NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
erosionType fluvial erosion
evidenceFor Missoula-style floods NERFINISHED
formedAsResultOf rapid flood incision
formedBy Ice Age floods NERFINISHED
cataclysmic glacial outburst floods
formedDuring late Pleistocene megaflood events
geologicalPeriod Pleistocene NERFINISHED
hasFeature exposed columnar basalt
stepped coulee walls
hasPhysicalCharacteristic basalt cliffs
dry coulee floor
scabland topography
steep valley walls
hasScientificInterest Quaternary geology
geomorphology
megaflood processes
landscapeType dry coulee landscape
locatedIn Channeled Scablands NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington NERFINISHED
notableFor Channeled Scablands geomorphology
evidence of cataclysmic flooding
striking basalt cliffs
partOf Channeled Scablands erosional system NERFINISHED
Columbia Plateau NERFINISHED
primaryRockType basalt
regionType semi-arid
state Washington
surfaceWaterRegime mostly dry

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Channeled Scablands notableSite Crab Creek coulee