Great Falls of the Missouri

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Great Falls of the Missouri is a dramatic series of large waterfalls on the Missouri River in central Montana, historically noted by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf natural feature ⓘ
waterfall complex ⓘ
adjacentTo River’s Edge Trail (Great Falls, Montana) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Falls of the Missouri River ⓘ
BigFallsAlsoKnownAs Great Falls ⓘ
BigFallsHeightApprox 87 feet ⓘ
BlackEagleFallsHeightApprox 26 feet ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid continental climate region ⓘ
closestMajorCity Great Falls, Montana ⓘ
ColterFallsHeightApprox 6–14 feet (seasonal variation) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
CrookedFallsHeightApprox 19 feet ⓘ
dateFirstDocumentedByLewisAndClark 1805 ⓘ
drainageBasin Mississippi River basin ⓘ
elevationChangeApprox about 187 feet total drop across the series of falls ⓘ
exploredBy Meriwether Lewis ⓘ
William Clark ⓘ
formedBy erosion of sedimentary rock layers ⓘ
geologicalType series of cataracts and rapids ⓘ
hasDamNear Black Eagle Dam ⓘ
Cochrane Dam ⓘ
Morony Dam ⓘ
Rainbow Dam ⓘ
Ryan Dam ⓘ
hasPart Big Falls ⓘ
Black Eagle Falls ⓘ
Colter Falls ⓘ
Crooked Falls ⓘ
Rainbow Falls ⓘ
historicallyNotedBy Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
locatedIn Cascade County, Montana ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Montana ⓘ
locatedOn Missouri River ⓘ
managedInPartBy local and state agencies in Montana ⓘ
near city of Great Falls, Montana ⓘ
notableFor series of large waterfalls in a relatively short stretch of river ⓘ
numberOfMajorFalls 5 ⓘ
partOf Missouri River watershed ⓘ
RainbowFallsHeightApprox 44 feet ⓘ
recreation hiking ⓘ
photography ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
riverMileApprox miles 2,130–2,145 of the Missouri River (approximate) ⓘ
significance important landmark on the route to the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
major obstacle to upstream travel for the Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
tourism popular sightseeing destination ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ

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Great Falls, Montana → namedAfter → Great Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
Great Falls, Montana → hasLandmark → Great Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
Cascade County → namedAfter → Great Falls of the Missouri River ⓘ
linked to: Great Falls of the Missouri
Great Falls of the Missouri → alsoKnownAs → Great Falls of the Missouri River ⓘ
linked to: Great Falls of the Missouri
Black Eagle Falls → partOf → Great Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
Black Eagle Falls → upstreamOf → Rainbow Falls (Missouri River) ⓘ
linked to: Great Falls of the Missouri
Rainbow Falls → partOf → Great Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
Rainbow Falls → alsoKnownAs → Rainbow Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
linked to: Great Falls of the Missouri
Crooked Falls → partOf → Great Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
Big Falls → partOf → Great Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
Big Falls → alsoKnownAs → Big Falls of the Missouri ⓘ
linked to: Great Falls of the Missouri
Big Falls → partOf → Missouri River waterfalls near Great Falls ⓘ
linked to: Great Falls of the Missouri
Flag of Montana → designElement → Great Falls of the Missouri River ⓘ
linked to: Great Falls of the Missouri