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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 ...
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 Röthbachfall (German: Röthbachfall) is the highest waterfall in Germany, with a vertical drop of 470 metres (1540 ft). [1] The waterfall is located in the Berchtesgaden area on the Obersee lake. One way to visit the waterfall is to take the electric boat across lake Königssee to Salet and then to hike up to the Obersee. [2]
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]
The sum of the height of the seven falls is 181 feet (55 m) and there are a total of 224 steps on the staircase from the base of the falls to the peak. [5] There is a wheel-chair-accessible elevator that goes up to the Eagle's Nest observation platform with views of the falls.
High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, England. [1] The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the European Geopark. The whole of the River Tees plunges 70 feet (21 m) [2] over a precipice (an almost vertical cliff edge) in two stages. After heavy rainfall the ...
The Middle Falls from the North bank The Lower Falls from the riverside. Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, [1] surrounded by woodland and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost one-mile (two-kilometre) stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village Aysgarth.
Jog Falls [6] is a waterfall on the Sharavati river located in Siddapur taluk of Uttara Kannada district [7] and its view point in Kargal town of Shimoga district, Karnataka, India. [8] [9] It is the second highest plunge waterfall in India. [10] It is a segmented waterfall which depends on rain and season to become a plunge waterfall.