Black Mesa Lake Breach - Arizona

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Author name
Nate Loper 🗺️ ⛏🏺 #ArizonaGuide
Source
Sketchfab
Polygon Count
23,920
Release Date
2020-05-02
License
CC BY 4.0
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Example of a natural breached dam from an ancestral ponded lake near Black Mesa Arizona. Breached dams with massive ponded lakes are resposible for a number scoured landscape freatures and catastrophic canyon formations, including examples like Lake Missoula and possibly the Grand Canyon.