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  2. Waterfall - Wikipedia

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    A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several ways, but the most common method of formation is that a river courses over a top layer of resistant ...

  3. List of waterfalls by type - Wikipedia

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    Jog Falls, India's second highest plunge waterfall, is made up of four distinct, segmented falls, and is fed by the Sharavathi River. The tallest plunges 830 ft (253 m) into a deep chasm in a continuous column of water. Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunjee - India's highest waterfalls. Jog Falls. Shivanasamudra Falls.

  4. Niagara Falls - Wikipedia

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    Niagara River. Average. flow rate. 85,000 cu ft/s (2,400 m 3 /s) Niagara Falls (/ naɪˈæɡərə, - ɡrə / ny-AGG-ər-ə, -⁠grə) is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States.

  5. List of waterfalls - Wikipedia

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    Batson Creek Falls – 34 m (112 ft) waterfall that meets Connestee Falls in Transylvania County. Bridal Veil Falls – 37 m (121 ft); DuPont State Forest. Connestee Falls – 26 m (85 ft) tiered cascade that meets Batson Creek Falls in Transylvania County. Corbin Creek Falls – 183 m (600 ft) series of cascades.

  6. Kaieteur Falls - Wikipedia

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    Kaieteur Falls. Kaieteur Falls is the largest single-drop waterfall [1] in the world. It is located on the Potaro River in Kaieteur National Park, central Essequibo Territory, Guyana. It is 226 metres (741 ft) high when measured from its plunge over a sandstone and conglomerate cliff to the first break. It then flows over a series of steep ...

  7. Great Falls (Passaic River) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Falls in January 2019 with a characteristic rainbow. The Great Falls of the Passaic River is a prominent waterfall, 77 feet (23 m) high, on the Passaic River in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey. The falls and surrounding area are protected as part of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, administered by ...

  8. Athabasca Falls - Wikipedia

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    Athabasca Falls is a Class 5 waterfall, with a total drop height of 24 m (79 ft) and a width of 46 m (151 ft). [1] A powerful, picturesque waterfall, Athabasca Falls is not known so much for its height as for its force, due to the large quantity of water falling into the gorge, which can be substantial even on a cold morning in the fall, when river levels tend to be at their lowest.

  9. Havasu Falls - Wikipedia

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    Havasu Falls prior to 1910 (aka Bridal Veil Falls) Havasu Falls is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Supai. It is the most famous and visited of the various falls along Havasu Creek. It consists of one main chute that drops over a 90-to-100-foot (27 to 30 m) vertical cliff into a series of plunge pools. High calcium carbonate concentration in the ...

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