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Gocta Waterfall. Gocta (Spanish: Catarata del Gocta) is a perennial waterfall with two drops located in Peru's province of Bongara in Amazonas, approximately 771 kilometres (479 mi) to the northeast of Lima. It flows into the Cocahuayco River.
Cascades de Trou de Fer: 725 metres (2,379 ft) Réunion: France [24] Ølmåafossen 720 metres (2,362 ft) Møre og Romsdal: Norway [25] Manawainui Falls: 719 metres (2,359 ft) Hawaii: United States [26] Kjeragfossen: 715 metres (2,346 ft) Rogaland: Norway [27] Avalanche Basin Falls: 707 metres (2,320 ft) Montana: United States [28] Harrison ...
[1] [2] This area is part of the Eastern Peruvian Andes, also known as Cordillera Oriental, more precisely, part of a mountain massif called Cerro Panhuayco. [3] Yumbilla is considered a tiered type waterfall, since it comprises four or five sections or drops. [1] [2] [4] The stream is reported to come from a cave named "Caverna San Francisco". [4]
The Paseo Garganta del Diablo is a 1 km-long (0.6 mi) trail that brings visitors directly over the falls of Devil's Throat, the highest and deepest of the falls. Other walkways allow access to the elongated stretch of falls across the forest on the Argentine side and to the boats that connect to San Martin Island.
The Cascadas de Agua Azul (Spanish for "Blue Water waterfall") are a series of waterfalls found on the Xanil River in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. They are located in the Municipality of Tumbalá , 69 kilometres (43 mi) from Palenque , near Mexican Federal Highway 199 .
La Fortuna Waterfall (Spanish for "the fortune") is in central Costa Rica, in the Alajuela Province.In Spanish, it is known as Catarata Fortuna.The waterfall drops about 70−75 meters and is at the base of the dormant Chato volcano, about 5.5 km outside of the town of La Fortuna, near the Arenal Volcano.
The Tequendama Falls (Spanish: Salto del Tequendama) is a 132 metres (433 ft) high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of Bogotá in the municipality of Soacha. Named after the adjacent settlement of Tequendama , it holds historical significance as one of Colombia's earliest permanent settlements. [ 1 ]
The Cordillera de Talamanca is home to an impressive collection of national parks and other preserved areas, including the La Amistad International Park, which extends into Panama. On the southern Osa Peninsula is the internationally renowned Corcovado National Park , which preserves a remnant of sizeable lowland tropical rainforest that is ...