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 Lost River
N 43° 32.937 W 113° 00.443
12T E 337843 N 4823735
For about 120 miles, a big river simply disappears.
Waymark Code: WMHMA
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2006
Views: 77
The end of Lost River |
Look at Idaho’s map east of Craters of the Moon National Monument and you will find the Snake River Plains. The plains are there, all right, but no river anywhere. Read the marker to find out what happened.
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Snake River Plains |
Marker Name: Lost River
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text:
When its water is not diverted for upstream irrigation, lost river floes past here into a sink 14 miles to the northeast.
Lava flows in the Snake River Plains buried old channels of Lost River and Birch Creek. No longer able to reach the Snake on the surface, they went underground. After a 120 mile journey under the lava plains, water from Lost River eventually emerges through numerous large springs below Twin Falls, making up a small part of the flow of Thousand Springs near Hagerman.
County: Butte
Marker Number: 304
City: Not listed
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Group Responsible for Placement: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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