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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.
The Wli waterfalls is the highest water fall in West Africa located in Ghana [4] The falls is known locally as Agoomatsa waterfalls - meaning, "Allow Me to Flow." It is located in the Hohoe municipality of the Volta Region, the land of the Ewe culture.
The falls are some of the tallest uninterrupted falls in Africa (after South Africa's Tugela Falls, Ethiopia's Jin Bahir Falls and others). Downstream of the falls is the Kalambo Gorge, which has a width of about 1 km and a depth of up to 300 m, running for about 5 km before opening out into the Lake Tanganyika rift valley.
Farin Ruwa is a Hausa language word meaning 'white water'. Farin Ruwa is a description of the nature of the falls by the local inhabitants of the Farin Ruwa area. [5] The height covered during the descent of the falls is very great, so that the descending water crashes during its way down the Jos plateau escarpment.
Owu Waterfalls is a waterfall located between Owa Onire and Owa Kajola in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. [1] It is the tallest waterfall in West Africa measuring 120m above sea level and cascades 330 feet down an escarpment, with rocky outcrops into a pool of ice-cold water below.
Tugela Falls as it flows off the escarpment showing the first drop and cascade. There is an argument that Tugela Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world, rather than the more commonly cited Angel Falls. [4] This argument is based on two possible inaccuracies regarding the presumed heights of the respective falls. [4] [5]
Oloʻupena Falls – 900 m (2,953 ft) drop, Molokaʻi north shore; highest waterfall in the U.S. and 4th highest waterfall in the world 'Opaeka'a Falls – 46 m (151 ft) drop, Kauaʻi east shore; Papalaua Falls – 380 m (1,250 ft) drop, Molokaʻi; Pu'uka'oku Falls – 840 m (2,760 ft) drop, Molokaʻi; 8th highest waterfall in the world
Thomson's Falls is a 74 metres (243 ft) waterfall on the Ewaso Ng'iro River in Central Rift Valley Kenya, a few kilometres from Lake Ol Bolossat, which drains from the Aberdare Range. It is situated 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the town of Nyahururu , at 2,360 metres (7,740 ft) elevation.