Tumalo Falls
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Tumalo Falls is a 97-foot (30 m) waterfall on Tumalo Creek,
in the Cascade Range west of Bend in the U.S. state of
are upstream along Tumalo Creek and a tributary, Bridge Creek and its
The origin of the name Tumalo is uncertain. Lewis A. McArthur's Oregon Geographic Names suggests three possible derivations from the Klamath language: temelo (wild plum), temola (ground fog), or tumallowa (icy water).
The landscape surrounding Tumalo Falls reflects millions of years of volcanism and repeated glaciation in the central Cascade Range.
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