dry falls
• noun
A massive, 3.5-mile-wide scalloped precipice in the Channeled Scablands of central Washington State, United States, which functioned as one of the largest waterfalls in geological history during the Ice Age Missoula Floods.
A scenic 65-foot waterfall on the Cullasaja River in the Nantahala National Forest of western North Carolina, United States, noted for a natural rock overhang that allows visitors to walk behind the cascading water without getting wet.
A cliff or steep rock ledge over which a waterfall formerly flowed, now dry except during periods of heavy rainfall or flash flooding.
"Hikers followed the canyon floor until they reached the base of a towering dry falls carved by ancient floodwaters."
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