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The waterfall, which can be seen from several kilometers away, has been christened Gocta Falls, after the name of the nearest settlement. [ citation needed ] At the time of the discovery, Ziemendorff successfully persuaded the Peruvian government to map the falls and to measure their height.
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 ...
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 Gocta waterfall, 771 m (2,530 ft) high, is easily accessible from either San Pablo or Cocachimba, which are both accessible by road. The waterfall is a 6 km (3.7 mi). walk on a hiking trail, or by horseback from San Pablo. The capital, San Pablo, is at 1,900 m (6,200 ft) above sea level, and has an idyllic climate.
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. There is no standard way to measure the height or width of a waterfall.
There are a number of interesting animals that inhabit the area in and around Abaga Falls. The most notable include; the endangered Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) also commonly known as the "monkey-eating eagle", the rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax), the endangered giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus) which can only be found in the Philippines, and the Philippine ...
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The following is an incomplete list of mountains in the Philippines. Several of these are volcanoes, formed by subducting tectonic plates surrounding the archipelago. [1]