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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.
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]
Print/export Download as PDF ... Cataract: A large, powerful waterfall. [1] ... Pachal waterfall, a plunge Waterfall with height 482 m located at Kalikot District.
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 ...
The staircase character of the falls consists of a two-step waterfall formed by three layers of basalt.The steps are 35 and 40 metres (115 and 131 ft) in height. The columnar basalt rock sequences are part of the 1,000-metre-thick (3,300 ft) Serra Geral formation within the Paleozoic-Mesozoic Paraná Basin.
Note: There is no standard way to measure the height of a waterfall. Since there is no standard, no ranking of a waterfall should be assumed because of its position in the list. Additionally, in many cases, numbers are merely estimates and measures may be imprecise.
Colonial Creek Falls is the tallest waterfall in the continental United States. [2] In a horizontal traverse of more than 4,200 feet (1,300 m), it falls 2,568 feet (783 m) vertically in 13 distinct drops, with an average incline of 65 degrees.