The Mystery of the Megaflood

     In Washington State there are many channeled scablands that come from an unknown source, Scientist believe they were formed by a megaflood. These scablands look so bizarre that you would think it had taken millions of years to form. Instead they were simply done overnight in a matter of hours.

     It happens that these scablands in the picture above were formed by huge amounts of rushing water that all occurred at once. The source of water was first unknown, but soon found evidence in the Missoula valley, where it was once completely underwater. It is believed that the valley was once dammed up by a huge glacier, causing all the water to stay in one place until the glacier was removed. Once the glacier gave way, all the water rushed into the pacific ocean. The rushing water is what caused the scablands to formed the way they are today.