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Tiered: Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls. [1] Punchbowl: Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool. [1] Fan: Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock. [1] Some waterfalls are also distinct in that they do not flow continuously.
The following are lists of waterfalls in the world by height, classified into two categories — natural and artificial. Natural waterfalls are further subdivided between overall height and tallest single drop. Each column (Waterfall, Height, Locality, Country) is sortable by using the up/down link in the column headings at the top of each column.
A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several ways, but the most common method of formation is that a river courses over a top layer of resistant ...
Kaieteur Falls is one of the most powerful single-drop waterfalls [1] in the world. It is located on the Potaro River in Kaieteur National Park , central Essequibo Territory, Guyana . It is 226 metres (741 ft) high when measured from its plunge over a sandstone and conglomerate cliff to the first break.
The falls are formed where the full width of the river plummets in a single vertical drop into a transverse chasm 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) wide, carved along a fracture zone in the basalt plateau. The depth of the chasm, called the First Gorge, varies from 80 metres (260 ft) at its western end to 108 metres (354 ft) in the centre.
We pass by El Capitan, the famous vertical rock formation that many climbers dream of scaling, and spot Ribbon Fall – the longest single-drop waterfall in the country. By late June, this ...
The Upper Falls consist of a single drop of approximately 48 feet (15 m), where the river is more than 200 feet (60 m) across. During the late spring runoff, the river drains as much as 50,000 US gallons (190,000 L) of water per second, making the Upper Falls the third most voluminous waterfall east of the Mississippi River , after Niagara ...
Kaaterskill Falls – 53 m (174 ft) vertical drop for upper falls, total drop for two tier falls is 79 m (259 ft), in Greene County; Lucifer Falls – 35 m (115 ft) in Robert H. Treman State Park; Pixley Falls – 15 m (50 ft); Pixley Falls State Park in Oneida County; Salmon River Falls – 33.5 m (110 ft) waterfall; Oswego County