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2. List of waterfalls by type - Wikipedia

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   Cataract: A large, powerful waterfall. [1] Multi-step: A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool. [1] Block: Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river. [1] [2] Cascade: Water descends a series of rock steps. [1] [2] Segmented: Distinctly separate flows of water form as it ...

3. 22 Magical World Waterfalls Where You Can Actually Swim - AOL

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   Desoto Falls. Mentone, Alabama. DeSoto State Park is home to many rushing waterfalls, and one of the most popular is Desoto Falls.The 104-foot waterfall drops into a deep, wide pool.

4. Plunge pool - Wikipedia

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   Plunge pools are formed by the natural force of falling water, such as at a waterfall or cascade; they also result from man-made structures such as some spillway designs. [3] Plunge pools are often very deep, generally related to the height of the fall, the volume of water, the resistance of the rock below the pool and other factors. [ 4 ]

5. Havasu Falls - Wikipedia

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   Due to the effects of flash floods, the appearance of Havasu Falls and its plunge pools has changed many times. [3] Before the flood of 1910, water flowed in a near continuous sheet, and was known as Bridal Veil Falls. [4] The notch through which water flows first appeared in 1910, and has changed several times since.

6. Watkins Glen State Park - Wikipedia

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   This erosion was not a uniform process: the rock here includes shale, limestone, and sandstone, and these types of rock erode at different rates, leaving behind a staircase of waterfalls, cascades, plunge pools, and potholes. Watkins Glen State Park now encompasses nineteen waterfalls spaced along a trail roughly two miles (3.2 km) long. [8]

7. Hierve el Agua - Wikipedia

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   Hierve el Agua (Spanish for "the water boils") is a set of natural travertine rock formations in San Lorenzo Albarradas, Oaxaca, Mexico that resemble cascades of water. [1] [2] The site is located about 70 km east of Oaxaca City, [3] and consists of two rock shelves or cliffs which rise between fifty and ninety metres from the valley below, from which extend nearly white rock formations which ...