BURNEY FALLS

:''This article is about the waterfall, Burney Falls. For the state park, see McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park.''
Burney Falls

'Burney Falls' is a waterfall on Burney Creek, in McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, Shasta County, California.
The water comes from underground springs above and at the falls, and provides an almost constant flow rate of 100 million US gallons per day (4 m³/s), even during the dry summer months.
The falls are an example of river drainage regulated by stratigraphically-controlled springs, and also of a waterfall formed by undercutting of horizontal strata.
The falls were called "the Eighth Wonder of the World" by President Theodore Roosevelt, and were declared a National Natural Landmark in December 1984.

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National Natural Landmarks

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial SP

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