[3] The river flows through Thousand Springs State Park, where it tumbles down a stairstep waterfall.

The Malad Gorge is 250 feet (76 m) deep and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.

The river's flow is affected by numerous reservoirs and irrigation works on its tributaries.

[5] The name of the river stems from French malade, via Rivière aux Malades ('river of the sick'), presumably as a reference to some illness suffered by early French-Canadian trappers who investigated the area.

[6] Media related to Malad River (Gooding County, Idaho) at Wikimedia Commons