The waterfalls are located in the rugged and step valley of torrente Masone, a left-hand tributary of the Stura di Ovada.

The waterfall is not formed by a discontinuity in the stream bedrock, but by a diverse grade of breaking of the same type of rock, the greenschists prevailing in the small valley.

The Park administration created close to the waterfalls a Percorso botanico (botanical itinerary) in co-operation with a local secondary school.

[4] In the past the waterfall was named Cascata delle Cheucie, and only the small lake was referred as del Serpente (of the snake).

... stands Cheucie waterfall, an horrid and pictoresque cascade falling in a small lake named "Lago del Serpente".The abundant waters of torrente Masone were used for many purposes and is still possible to recognize ruins of a big mill located near the junction of torrente Masone and the Stura.