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<th colspan="2" style="background:#223B73; color:#FFFFFF;">Multnomah Falls
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<td style="text-align:left"><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Koordinaten</a>
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<td style="text-align:left"><span id="Multnomah_Falls" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:45.575944444444,-122.11536111111"><span title="Breitengrad">45° 34′ 33,4″ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">122° 6′ 55,3″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">45.575944444444</span><span class="longitude">-122.11536111111</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<td>zwischen Corbett und Dodson, <a href="Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, <span style="display:none">Vereinigte Staaten</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten"></a></span> <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">Vereinigte Staaten</a>
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<td>Multnomah Creek
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<p><b>Multnomah Falls</b> ist ein großer <a href="Wasserfall" title="Wasserfall">Wasserfall</a> des Multnomah Creek am <a href="Oregon" title="Oregon">oregonseitigen</a> <a href="Columbia_River_Gorge" title="Columbia River Gorge">Columbia River Gorge</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lage">Lage</h2></div>
<p>Der zweistufige (165 m und 21 m) Fall mit einer Gesamthöhe von 189 Metern<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> befindet sich östlich von <a href="Troutdale_(Oregon)" title="Troutdale (Oregon)">Troutdale</a> zwischen Corbett und Dodson am <a href="Historic_Columbia_River_Highway" title="Historic Columbia River Highway">Historic Columbia River Highway</a>. Das Wasser stammt aus dem Larch Mountain.
</p><p>Es wird fälschlicherweise oft behauptet, er sei der zweithöchste ganzjährig fließende Wasserfall des Landes.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Es gibt aber mindestens noch 90 Wasserfälle in den Vereinigten Staaten, die eine höhere Gesamthöhe haben.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WWDMultnomah_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWDMultnomah-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Erschließung"><span id="Erschlie.C3.9Fung"></span>Erschließung</h2></div>
<p>Die Gegend kann über die <a href="Interstate_84_(West)" title="Interstate 84 (West)">Interstate 84</a> östlich von Troutdale erreicht werden. Westlich der Fälle befindet sich die <a href="Benson_State_Recreation_Area" title="Benson State Recreation Area">Benson State Recreation Area</a>, die nach Simon Benson benannt wurden.
</p><p>Ein Wanderweg führt zur Benson-Bogenbrücke, die sich weit über dem unteren Wasserfall befindet. Der Weg führt weiter zu einer Plattform an der oberen Stufe des Wasserfalls. Der hier befindliche Aussichtspunkt erlaubt eine gute Übersicht über den Columbia River Gorge sowie den <i>Little Multnomah</i> (ein kleinerer Wasserfall). Die Brücke wurde nach <i>Simon Benson</i> benannt, einem Holzunternehmer und Förderer des Baus des Columbia River Highway, der 1914 die Brücke erbaut hatte.
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<p>Der <i>Multnomah Falls Lodge and Footpath</i>, eine <a href="Lodge" class="mw-disambig" title="Lodge">Lodge</a> sowie ein befestigter Weg (erbaut 1915) nordöstlich von Bridal Veil ist seit 22. April 1981 ein <a href="Liste_der_Eintr%C3%A4ge_im_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_im_Multnomah_County" title="Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im Multnomah County">Denkmal im National Register of Historic Places</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Siehe_auch">Siehe auch</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Liste_von_Wasserf%C3%A4llen#Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Liste von Wasserfällen">Liste von Wasserfällen in den USA</a></li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Multnomah_Falls?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Multnomah Falls</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern und Videos</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/crgnsa/recarea/?recid=30026">Multnomah Falls</a> from a United States Forest Service website (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Multnomah-Falls-4051/">World Waterfall Database</a> (englisch)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book">Greg Roza: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Oregon: Past and Present</cite>. The Rosen Publishing Group, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4488-0035-3 (englisch).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Multnomah+Falls&rft.au=Greg%26%2332%3BRoza&rft.btitle=Oregon%3A+Past+and+Present&rft.date=2010&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9781448800353&rft.pub=The+Rosen+Publishing+Group" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9_AI8_MNNYSKAOUjMeXDfAxg8vh1h4Psw68fJG-AAzga6Pt55Oem6hfkRhhkmTgqAgCHNFDO/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfMjAwMDAwMDBBODBPSEhWTjBNMDAwMDAwMDA!?ss=110622&navtype=forestBean&navid=091000000000000&pnavid=null&cid=null&ttype=main&pname=Columbia%2520River%2520Gorge%2520National%2520Scenic%2520Area%2520-%2520Home/forest/recreation/waterfalls/mult-falls.shtml"><i>Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.</i></a> In: <i>United States Department of Agriculture.</i> United States Forest Service,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 9. Januar 2018</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMultnomah+Falls&rft.title=Columbia+River+Gorge+National+Scenic+Area&rft.description=Columbia+River+Gorge+National+Scenic+Area&rft.identifier=&rft.publisher=United+States+Forest+Service&rft.date=&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140829180451/https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/country-tallest-waterfalls/United-States/1"><i>Tallest Waterfalls in the U.S.</i></a> In: <i>World Waterfall Database.</i> Archiviert vom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">
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<li id="cite_note-WWDMultnomah-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-WWDMultnomah_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121215193909/http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Multnomah-Falls-4051"><i>Multnomah Falls.</i></a> In: <i>World Waterfalls Database.</i> Archiviert vom <span class="dewiki-iconexternal"><a class="external text" href="https://redirecter.toolforge.org/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwaterfalldatabase.com%2Fwaterfall%2FMultnomah-Falls-4051%2F">Original</a></span> am <span style="white-space:nowrap;">15. Dezember 2012</span><span>;</span><span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 28. August 2012</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMultnomah+Falls&rft.title=Multnomah+Falls&rft.description=Multnomah+Falls&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20121215193909%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwaterfalldatabase.com%2Fwaterfall%2FMultnomah-Falls-4051&rft.date=&rft.source=http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Multnomah-Falls-4051/&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf">www.oregonheritage.org</a> (PDF)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/81000512">NRHP Reference #81000512</a></span>
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