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  2. Willamette Falls - Wikipedia

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    The falls is a horseshoe shaped block waterfall caused by a basalt shelf in the river floor. The 40 ft (12 m) high and 1500 ft (457 m) wide falls occur 26 river miles (42 km) upstream from the Willamette's confluence with the Columbia River. Operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lock was a four lock canal and was the oldest ...

  3. Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park - Wikipedia

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    The Waterfall. The Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, [1] formerly the Williams Waterwall and the Transco Waterwall, is a multi-story sculptural fountain that sits opposite the south face of Williams Tower in the Uptown District of Houston. The fountain and its surrounding park were built as an architectural amenity to the adjacent tower.

  4. Multnomah Falls - Wikipedia

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    The waterfall is accessible from the Historic Columbia River Highway and Interstate 84. Spanning two tiers on basalt cliffs, it is the tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon at 620 ft (189 m) in height. [1] The Multnomah Creek Bridge, built in 1914, crosses below the falls, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  5. List of waterfalls in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Fairy Falls on Wahkeena Creek in the Columbia River Gorge. Upper Horsetail Falls, also in the gorge. Ki-a-Kuts Falls on the Tualatin River. Latourell Falls in the gorge. Metlako Falls on Eagle Creek, also in the gorge. Mill Creek Falls at Prospect State Scenic Viewpoint in southern Oregon. Multnomah Falls in the gorge.

  6. Victoria Falls - Wikipedia

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    Victoria Falls (Lozi: Mosi-oa-Tunya, "Thundering Smoke"; Tonga: Shungu Namutitima, "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2] It is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a width of 1,708 m (5,604 ft). The region around it is inhabited by several species of plants and animals.

  7. Celilo Falls - Wikipedia

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    Celilo Falls (Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks," in several native languages) was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The name refers to a series of cascades and waterfalls on the ...

  8. Cascading Waterfall - Wikipedia

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    Cascading Waterfall is a public art work by American artist John Joseph Earley, located in Meridian Hill Park, Washington, DC. Cascading Waterfall was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1994. The fountain, reminiscent of 16th century Italian villas, focuses primarily on thirteen large semi ...

  9. Waterfall (M. C. Escher) - Wikipedia

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    38 cm × 30 cm (15 in × 12 in) Waterfall (Dutch: Waterval) is a lithograph by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in October 1961. It shows a perpetual motion machine where water from the base of a waterfall appears to run downhill along the water path before reaching the top of the waterfall. While most two-dimensional artists use ...