Maligne Canyon Pothole

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ExhibitPlus Maligne Canyon Pothole

As rivers flow through canyons, they sometimes form eddies that, over time, carve out rounded hollows like this one, which are commonly called "potholes". The base of this one has filled in with vegetation, likely because the river's erosion of the underlying rock has dropped it too low to spill into this area any more.

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