Mount Shuksan Waterfalls
There are four striking waterfalls in the catchment area of a short tributary to Sulphide Creek on the southeast flank of the 2,781 meter high Mount Shuksan in North Cascades National Park in Washington state . Seahpo Peak Falls and Cloudcap Falls , the higher of the four, are each located on their own streams that merge and tumble over the Rockflow Canyon Falls . The unnamed discharge from these falls flows into Sulphide Creek, which in turn flows into the Baker River . Another waterfall is the Jagged Ridge Falls at a tributary of that unnamed stream.
Seahpo Peak Falls
| Seahpo Peak Falls | ||
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ′ 49 ″ N , 121 ° 33 ′ 2 ″ W. | |
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| place | North Cascades National Park , Whatcom County , Washington | |
| height | 670 m | |
| width | 1.5 m | |
| Number of fall levels | 6th | |
| Falling watercourse | unnamed glacier stream | |
The Seahpo Peak Falls are a cascade of water falls to an unnamed glacial stream, of the Seahpo peak is coming. As the largest (albeit not the highest) of the waterfalls on Mount Shuksan, it falls in six steps over 670 m; the highest step is 152 m high. The mean discharge is 0.99 m³ / s.
It is close to the five waterfalls of the Sulphide Basin.
The name comes from the Chinook Wawa and means "cap".
Cloudcap Falls
| Cloudcap Falls | ||
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ′ 52 " N , 121 ° 33 ′ 47" W. | |
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| place | North Cascades National Park , Whatcom County , Washington | |
| height | 732 m | |
| width | 1.5 m | |
| Falling watercourse | unnamed glacier stream | |
The Cloudcap Falls are a 2,400 ft (732 m) high cascade with a run length of 5,000 ft (1,524 m) below the Jagged Ridge near Mount Shuksan. They are a little lower than Seahpo Peak Falls, but much more seasonal and have a lower discharge (mean 0.85 m³ / s). The long cascade has no distinctive individual steps.
Rockflow Canyon Falls
| Rockflow Canyon Falls | ||
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ′ 10 " N , 121 ° 33 ′ 14" W. | |
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| place | North Cascades National Park , Whatcom County , Washington | |
| height | 61 m | |
| width | 3 m | |
| Falling watercourse | unnamed glacier stream | |
The Rockflow Canyon Falls are actually rapids with a height difference of 60 meters and an average discharge of 2.8 m³ / s at the confluence of the flows of Seahpo Peak Falls and Cloudcap Falls. It is the last waterfall on the streams that eventually flow into Sulphide Creek. For a few months of the year it can be observed as a tandem case (both cases in a row) with another case of similar height.
Jagged Ridge Falls
The Jagged Ridge If located on 48 ° 48 '12 " N , 121 ° 33' 54" W .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seahpo Peak Falls, Whatcom County, Washington - Northwest Waterfall Survey , accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ WATERFALL LOVERS GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE COMPUTER COMPANION. North Cascades. 26 North Cascades National Park . Retrieved June 2, 2018
- ↑ Cloudcap Falls, Whatcom County, Washington - Northwest Waterfall Survey , accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ RockFlow Canyon Falls, Whatcom County, Washington - Northwest Waterfall Survey , accessed on June 2, 2018
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