MULTNOMAH FALLS

waterfalls on a short tributary of the Columbia River that rises in the Larch Mountains in northwestern Oregon, U.S. The falls are located near the Columbia River Highway about 9 miles (14 km) west-southwest of Bonneville. The scenic upper and lower falls plunge into the Columbia River Gorge and have a combined height of 850 feet (260 m), with a single drop of 620 feet (190 m), one of the country's highest.