Lava Island Falls are rapids on the
Deschutes River Deschutes River may refer to:
*Deschutes River (Oregon)
The Deschutes River in central Oregon is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many ...
. Rated a
Class 5, they are difficult to navigate because of an island of lava from
Lava Butte
Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, United States, just west of U.S. Route 97 between the towns of Bend, and Sunriver in Deschutes County. It is part of a system of small cinder cones on the northwest flank of Newberry Volcano, a ma ...
that blocked part of the river.
References
External links
http://www.waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=114http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=CGW008-190http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/waterfall.php?num=2290
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Waterfalls of Oregon
Waterfalls of Deschutes County, Oregon