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World's tallest indoor waterfall. Cloud Forest Indoor Waterfall: 35 metres (115 ft) Cloud Forest, Gardens by the Bay: Singapore: Previously the world's tallest indoor waterfall. Jurong Falls: 30 metres (98 ft) Jurong Bird Park: Singapore: Previously the world's tallest indoor waterfall. Viktoriapark Waterfall: 24 metres (79 ft) [67 ...
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.
The waterfall is accessible from the Historic Columbia River Highway and Interstate 84. Spanning two tiers on basalt cliffs, it is the tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon at 620 ft (189 m) in height. [1] The Multnomah Creek Bridge, built in 1914, crosses below the falls, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The torrent of water passing over the crest of the falls is about 2 feet (0.61 m) deep. The height of the American Falls ranges between 70 and 110 feet (21–34 m). This measurement is taken from the top of the Falls to top of the rock pile . The height of the Falls from the top of the Falls to the river is 188 feet (57 m).
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-stage waterfall on Spruce Creek in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County.The two cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making Kaaterskill Falls one of the highest waterfalls in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' tallest waterfalls.
Dog Slaughter Falls, image from the United States Forest Service. Dog Slaughter Falls is a 15 feet (4.6 m) to 20 feet (6.1 m) tall waterfall at the confluence of the Cumberland River and Dog Slaughter Creek, in the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Whitley County, Kentucky.
The Great Falls of the Passaic River is a prominent waterfall, 77 feet (23 m) high, on the Passaic River in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey. One of the United States' largest waterfalls , it played a significant role in the early industrial development of New Jersey starting in the earliest days of the nation.
The World Waterfall Database lists 7,827 as of 2013, but this is likely incomplete; as noted by Hudson, over 90% of their listings are in North America. Many guidebooks to local waterfalls have been published. [3] There is also no agreement how to measure the height of a waterfall, [1] or even what constitutes one. [3]