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Waterfall
Waterfall name
River
Churún Tugela Inyangombe Yosemite Cuquenán Arthur
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Eikesdal Ribbon
Utshi Wollomombi Kalanui Stream Kalambo
Gave de Pau
Fall in meters
979 948 762 739 610 580 561 533 517 491 488 482 463 427 422
Fall in meters
Kampuchea-Laos Canada-United States
Brazil
Brazil
Argentina-Brazil Zambia-Zimbabwe 108
Angel (Churún Merú) Tugela
Mtarazi
Yosemite
Cuquenián Sutherland Kile
Kahiwa Mardal Ribbon
King George VI Wollomombi Kaliuwaa Kalambo Gavarnie
Waterfall name
Khone
Niagara (Horseshoe) Paulo Afonso Urubupungá
Iguaçu
Victoria
Venezuela South Africa Zimbabwe United States Venezuela New Zealand Norway United States Norway United States Guyana Australia United States Tanzania France
River
Mekong Niagara
São Francisco Paraná Iguaçu-Paraná Zambezi
14 49 84 12 82
Volume in cu m/sec
11,600 5,525 2,800 2,750 1,750 1,080
Waterfalls by height Country
Waterfalls by volume Country
Waterfall
A place where flowing river water falls nearly vertically. Waterfalls are sometimes called cataracts if the fall contains very large amounts of water (for example, the Nile River cataracts). A waterfall with a small vertical drop, a series of small vertical drops, or a steep slope rather than a drop may be called
a cascade. When water is running down a very steep slope, but there are no obvious drops, then the term rapids is used. (See also: Fall line.)
The world’s highest waterfall is Angel Falls in Venezuela, with a fall of some 980m. The largest waterfall by volume is the Khone Falls on
the Mekong River in Laos, which carries nearly 12,000 cu m of water per second over a fall of 70m.
Waterfalls have many characteristic features. Because
the water falls from a great height and contains stones, it can erode the bed at the bottom of the falls. This erosion is marked by a deep pool called a plunge pool. If plunge pools grow and the rock forming the fall is undermined, then the waterfall may retreat, its earlier position being marked by a gorge.
 Waterfall— Many waterfalls occur where a hard cap rock is found along the course of a river.
Waterfall
River
River
Overhang
Plunge pool
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