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Portland, Oregon One of America’s greenest cities is a hiker’s paradise, with Forest Park, a 5,200-acre urban forest with over 80 miles of trails, alpine lake hikes near Mount Hood and stunning waterfall trails in the Columbia River Gorge.
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
For a longer, mostly flat hike with ample shade, try the park’s Oak Canyon Trail, where a little seasonal waterfall materializes among the rock formations near the far end of the 3.4-mile out-and-back route.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Clustered around a central waterfall, the rooms splinter off, with themes and motifs like bubbles and digital crows that fly from one installation to another.
—Lisa Lucas, New York Times, 16 May 2025
At Sandstone Falls, the largest waterfall on the New River, about half an hour from the Gorge, wide sheets of water spill over ledges and boulders on tiny forested islands.
—West Virginia Tourism, AFAR Media, 15 May 2025
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
For a longer, mostly flat hike with ample shade, try the park’s Oak Canyon Trail, where a little seasonal waterfall materializes among the rock formations near the far end of the 3.4-mile out-and-back route.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Clustered around a central waterfall, the rooms splinter off, with themes and motifs like bubbles and digital crows that fly from one installation to another.
—Lisa Lucas, New York Times, 16 May 2025
At Sandstone Falls, the largest waterfall on the New River, about half an hour from the Gorge, wide sheets of water spill over ledges and boulders on tiny forested islands.
—West Virginia Tourism, AFAR Media, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterfall
cascade
Noun
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This may trigger an inflammatory cascade in the brain that leads to the synapse loss and memory decline characteristic of Alzheimer’s.—
Paul McClure
May 20,
New Atlas,
20 May 2025
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Visit after a hard rain for the most dramatic cascades.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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“Waterfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterfall. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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