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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.
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.
They range in height from 9 feet (2.7 m) to the 94-foot (29 m) Ganoga Falls. Ricketts Glen State Park is named for R. Bruce Ricketts, a colonel in the American Civil War who owned over 80,000 acres (32,000 hectares) in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but spared the old-growth forests in the glens from clearcutting.
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]
Boyana Waterfall – 25 m (82 ft) Goritsa Waterfall – 39 m (128 ft) Karlovsko Praskalo – 30 m (98 ft) Skakavitsa Waterfall – 70 m (230 ft) Vratsa waterfalls. Skaklia (ephemeral) – 130 m (430 ft) Borov Kamak – 63 m (207 ft) Raysko Praskalo – 124.5 m (408 ft), highest waterfall in the Balkans
Height-wise rank Waterfall Height Location Remarks Number of drops 1 Kunchikal Waterfalls: 455 metres (1,493 ft) [2] Shivamogga district, Karnataka: tallest tiered type waterfalls: 4 [3] 2 Barehipani Falls: 399 [4] metres (1,309 ft) [2] Mayurbhanj district, Odisha: tiered: 2 3 Nohkalikai Falls: 340 metres (1,120 ft) [5] East Khasi Hills ...
Mill Pond Falls is 5 meters (16 feet) high. Its water flow is 16 liters (4 gallons) per second as of February 24, 2002. [3] On April 17, 2010, the Newington Waterfall Committee planted a Crimson Maple in front of the falls. They dubbed it the "Thankful Tree" and it gives residents the opportunity to express their thanks. [4]
Waterfall Image Watercourse Drop Width Type Coordinates Ref; Aviron Bay Falls: 213 m (699 ft) 12 m (39 ft) Tiered [30] Churchill Falls: Churchill River: 75 m (246 ft) segmented Block: 31] [32] Grand Falls: Exploits River: 43 m (141 ft) [33] Grand Falls