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Cuquenan Falls. Kukenan Falls (or Salto Kukenan, Kukenaam, Cuquenan or similar) is the second tallest major waterfall in Venezuela after Angel Falls. [1] [2] It is also the second tallest free-leaping waterfall in the world. Overall, it is usually cited as the 11th highest waterfall in the world.
Kukenan Falls, which is 674 m (2,211 ft) high, is located at the south end of the tepui. [1] Kukenán is located in Canaima National Park. Next to Kukenán, to the southeast, is Mount Roraima, a better known tepui. Kukenán is more difficult to climb, so it is ascended much less frequently than Mount Roraima. [2]
The state of Oklahoma operates the 640 acres (260 ha) Glass Mountains State Park, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Orienta on a mesa along Highway 412. [3] The park allows climbers to hike to the top of the mesa via a path and stairs. Picnic tables and an informational kiosk have been installed, and a pond known as Rattlesnake Lake is nearby. [8]
Residents of a small Oklahoma town were left angry and frustrated following the sudden resignation of their entire police force.. The four-person police force of Geary, a town of about 1,000 some ...
Natural Falls State Park is a 120 acres (0.49 km 2) state-owned park in the Ozarks, in Delaware County, Oklahoma. It lies along U.S. Highway 412, near the Arkansas-Oklahoma state line. [a] The property was privately-owned and known as Dripping Springs until 1990, when the state bought it. The previous owners had also used the property as an ...
Oklahoma has 41 state parks, two national protected forests or grasslands, [12] and a network of wildlife preserves and conservation areas. Six percent of the state's 10 million acres (40,000 km 2 ) of forest is public land, [ 11 ] including the western portions of the Ouachita National Forest , the largest and oldest national forest in the ...
Up to two inches of snow fell in parts of the greater Oklahoma City area on Tuesday, December 15, according to local news reports.The National Weather Service’s Norman office warned motorists of ...
"Bromide Pavilion" built by Civilian Conservation Corps in Platt National Park. Photo made July 12, 2007. In 1902, Orville H. Platt, a U.S. Senator from the state of Connecticut, introduced legislation to establish the 640-acre Sulphur Springs Reservation, protecting 32 freshwater and mineral springs, in Murray County, Oklahoma (then part of Indian Territory).