Twin Falls is a waterfall on the Snake River in the Snake River Canyon of south-central on border of Twin Falls and Jerome counties in Idaho, United States,[1] a few miles east of its namesake city, Twin Falls.

Twin Falls
Twin Falls (ca. 1894),
prior to the construction of Twin Falls Dam
Twin Falls (Idaho) is located in the United States
Twin Falls (Idaho)
Location in the United States
Twin Falls (Idaho) is located in Idaho
Twin Falls (Idaho)
Location in Idaho
Map
LocationEast of the city of Twin Falls
and the Shoshone Falls
Coordinates42°35′21″N 114°21′25″W / 42.58917°N 114.35694°W / 42.58917; -114.35694
TypeBlock, Plunge
Elevation3,560 feet (1,090 m)
Total height200 feet (60 m)
Number of drops1
Average width100 feet (30 m)
WatercourseSnake River

Description

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The falls are upstream (east) of Pillar Falls and Shoshone Falls and just downstream from Milner Dam.

Water flows westward over Twin Falls and is controlled by the Twin Falls Dam, built in the 1930s and used for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. There were originally two parallel falls, but the dam permanently diverted the flow from the southern falls, leaving a single (north) waterfall.[2][3]

Before the dam, very high flow rates could result in a smaller third falls, to the south.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Twin Falls
  2. ^ "Twin Falls, Idaho (waterfall)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 18 Jun 2017.
  3. ^ a b Matthews, Mychel (April 19, 2018). "Hidden History: The tunnel at the Twin Falls power plant". Times-News. (Twin Falls, Idaho). Retrieved April 25, 2021.
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