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Lauterbrunnen lies at the bottom of a U-shaped valley that extends south and then south-westwards from the village to meet the 8-kilometer (5.0 mi) Lauterbrunnen Wall. The Lauterbrunnen Valley (Lauterbrunnental) is one of the deepest in the Alpine chain when compared with the height of the mountains that rise directly on either side. It is a ...
Staubbach Falls (German: Staubbachfall (sing.), lit.: dust creek fall) is a waterfall in Switzerland, located just west of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Highlands.The waterfall drops 297 metres (974 feet) from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging cliffs above the Weisse Lütschine.
The falls carry up to 20,000 litres of water per second. [ 1 ] After the hamlet of the same name on the valley floor the Trümmelbach feed into the Weisse Lütschine , which heads north through the valley and the village of Lauterbrunnen further down to join after 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) its sister river, the Schwarze Lütschine at ...
Rhine Falls: Schaffhausen: Schaffhausen: Largest waterfalls in Europe (150 m wide, 23 m high) Mürrenbach Fall: Lauterbrunnental: Bern: Highest waterfall in Switzerland Engstligen Falls: Adelboden: Berne Foroglio Fall: Foroglio: Ticino Giessbach Falls: Brienz: Berne Reichenbach Falls: Meiringen: Berne: World famous thanks to Sherlock Holmes ...
The second highest waterfall in Switzerland is the Serenbachfall II, which is 305 meters high. [4] The Mürrenbachfall is not a free-falling waterfall on an overhanging rock like, for example, the Staubbachfall, also located in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, which at 297 meters is considered the highest free-falling waterfall in Switzerland.
The nearby Aare Gorge offers a walkway through towering limestone cliffs, while the Susten Pass provides scenic alpine views in summer. Further afield, the Lauterbrunnen Valley, with its 72 waterfalls, showcases the natural beauty of the region. The pass is the starting or finishing point of many hikes.
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This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it has an existing article specifically for it on Wikipedia, and it is at least 15 m (50 ft) high, or the falls have some historical significance based on multiple reliable references.