Tapographic map of Falling Water Hill showing park boundary and the
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the last 30 million years of earth history.
The base of Falling Water Hill is comprised of Oligocene Epoch Suwannee Umestone, which was deposited in a warm, shallow sea. This geological unit series as an important freshwater aquifer throughout the focal area. Microscopic fossils in the rock enable geologists to determine that the Suwannee Uimestone was deposited approximately 30 million years ago. About 70 feet of Suwannee Limestone is exposed in the lower portion of Falling Water Sink.