(PhysOrg.com) -- Ambling through the parched and scarred landscape of eastern Washington state is the 60-mile-long Grand Coulee, the largest of the stair-step canyons that give the region called the ...

Geomorphologists who study Earth's surface features and the processes that formed them have long been interested in how floods, in particular catastrophic outbursts that occur when a glacial lake ice ...

As ice sheets began melting at the end of the last ice age, a series of cataclysmic floods called the Missoula megafloods scoured the landscape of eastern Washington, carving long, deep channels and ...

If you’re looking for unique hiking spots with beautiful waterfalls, Washington’s Channeled Scablands offer a striking mix of rugged landscapes and hidden water features. The area’s dramatic channels ...

Humans weren’t the only ones who were forced to run when a raging fire swept across the channel scablands near Grand Coulee Dam. The Grass Valley Fire started Saturday morning and quickly grew to more ...