Crooked River Gorge is a
gorge
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
located around
Warm Springs and
Smith Rock State Park,
Central Oregon, United States. The gorge is surrounded by cliffs filled with a variety of wildlife.
The upper part of the Crooked River Gorge, which are also popular among climbers, are made of
columnar basalt cliffs eroded by the
Crooked River since the
Newberry volcanic eruption 1.2 million years ago.
[Dunegan, Lizann (2009).]
''Best Easy Day Hikes Bend and Central Oregon''
Falcon, 2nd ed. p. 25,
References
External links
Oregon Field Guide: ''Crooked River Gorge Cleanup'', 1993
Landforms of Jefferson County, Oregon
Canyons and gorges of Oregon
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