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  2. List of waterfalls by type - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Chitrakote Falls - Wikipedia

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    Chitrakote Falls in January 2017. The Chitrakote Falls [6] is located on the Indravati River. The river originates in the Kalahandi district of Odisha, in the Vindhya Range of hills, flows westward, and then forms a fall at Chitrakote, after which it finally flows into the Godavari River at Bhadrakali, [7] after traversing 240 miles (390 km) in the state.

  4. List of waterfalls by height - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Reichenbach Falls - Wikipedia

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    The third episode from the 2012 second series of the BBC drama Sherlock, "The Reichenbach Fall" (inspired by "The Final Problem"), is a play on the waterfall's name. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The special episode of Sherlock , " The Abominable Bride ", which was broadcast on 1 January 2016, featured a re-creation of the showdown between Sherlock and ...

  6. Dunn's River Falls - Wikipedia

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    At about 180 feet (55 m) high and 600 feet (180 m) long, [3] the waterfalls are naturally terraced like giant natural stairs. Several small lagoons are interspersed among the vertical sections of the falls. [4] The falls empty into the Caribbean Sea at the western end of a white-sand beach. [5]

  7. Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park - Wikipedia

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    While the official Ricketts Glen State Park web page also classifies waterfalls as either the bridal-veil or wedding-cake type, [11] Brown's Pennsylvania waterfalls: a guide for hikers and photographers uses four types for classification: falls, cascade, slide, and chute. The first, falls, is the same as the DCNR's bridal-veil type, with water ...

  8. Multnomah Falls - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Jog Falls - Wikipedia

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    It is a segmented waterfall which depends on rain and season to become a plunge waterfall. The falls are major attractions for tourists and is ranked 36th in the list of free-falling waterfalls, 490th in the world by list of waterfalls by total height, 128th in the list of single-drop waterfalls in the World by the waterfall database. [11] [12]