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Three Chute Falls 80 feet (24 m) Tueeulala Falls 840 feet (260 m) Tuolumne Fall 100 feet (30 m) [2]: 179. Vernal Fall 317 feet (97 m) Wapama Falls 1,700 feet (520 m) Waterwheel Falls 300 feet (91 m) White Cascade 75 feet (23 m) [2]: 179. Wildcat Falls 630 feet (190 m) Yosemite Falls 2,425 feet (739 m)
Yosemite Creek. Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, dropping a total of 2,425 feet (739 m) from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. [ 2 ] Located in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak.
1984 (8th Session) Yosemite National Park (/ joʊˈsɛmɪti / yoh-SEM-ih-tee[5]) is a national park of the United States in California. [6][7] It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi; 3,074 ...
It’s actually Bridalveil Fall, one of the most popular attractions and likely the first waterfall people will encounter in Yosemite National Park. Standing under the 620-foot-tall waterfall is a ...
The glaciers that carved Yosemite Valley left many hanging valleys that spawned the waterfalls that pour into the valley. Most of the waterways that fed these falls carved the hanging valleys into steep cascades, but Bridalveil Creek still leaps into the valley from the edge of the precipice, although that edge has moved back into an alcove from the original edge of the valley.
Yosemite Valley (/ joʊˈsɛməti / yoh-SEM-ə-tee; Yosemite, Miwok for "killer") is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000–3,500 ft (910–1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and ...
Nevada Fall[3] is a 594-foot (181 m) high waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. It is located below the granite dome, Liberty Cap, at the west end of Little Yosemite Valley. The waterfall is widely recognized by its "bent" shape, in which the water free-falls for roughly the first third of its length to a steep ...
1,570 ft (480 m) Average. flow rate. very slight flows a few weeks in normal years. Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring. The fall occurs on the east side of El Capitan. [1] If Horsetail Fall is flowing in February and the weather conditions are just ...