Scenic waterfalls around the world

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Waterfall Wednesday Thread!

Mardalsfossen falls in Norway is a tiered waterfall consisting of two large drops and several smaller ones lower down for a total fall of 2,116 ft.




Kaieteur Falls in Guyana: 741 feet tall, one of the world's largest single-drop waterfalls, one of the most powerful waterfalls on the planet. Very remote location, rich biodiversity, eco-tourism hotspot. The gorge below the falls was the site of a part of a British research expedition (BBC 3-part miniseries "Lost Land of the Jaguar", 2008) conducted in the Guyana rainforest in an attempt to document the pristine rainforest in the southern part of the country.







Tugela Falls in South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains known as The Amphitheater. World's second tallest, 3,110 feet, five-tiered drop, Royal Natal National Park, seasonal flow, scenic hiking.




Victoria Falls, Devil’s Pool, Zambia


Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River, the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe: 355 feet tall, 5,604 feet wide. The falls were traditionally known to the indigenous people as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or "Smoke that Thunders." Livingstone bestowed its more common name of Victoria Falls upon his visit for England's Queen Victoria. We feel it more appropriate to use the native name, as it is equally recognized in the region. The falls became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1989.



Super scenic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywqpda7d8k


Blood Falls, Antarctica: iron-rich water, red hue, Taylor Glacier, unique microbial life, subglacial lake, extreme environment, scientific interest, visual spectacle.




Kerepakupai Merú aka Angel Falls, Venezuela: considered the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a guesstimated height of 3,212 ft, and a plunge of 2,648 ft. Remote Canaima National Park, named after aviator Jimmy Angel, stunning scenery. South Africa's Tugela Falls holds the official record for world's tallest waterfall.




Yosemite Falls, California: 2,425 feet tall, North America's tallest, three sections, Yosemite National Park, peak flow in spring, iconic landmark. While the popular conception is that Yosemite is king, in reality it is only the top dog in California, not in all of the USA.




Iguazu Falls, Argentina-Brazil border: 275 cascades, 269 feet tall, 1.7 miles wide, UNESCO site, rainforest setting, breathtaking views. The majority of the river plunges into the "Garganta del Diablo" (the Devil's Throat) and together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world. According to some waterfall experts, Iguazú Falls is the world's greatest waterfall.




Gullfoss Falls, Iceland: located in the Golden Circle, 106 feet tall, two-tiered cascade, glacial river Hvítá, stunning rainbows, protected site, major tourist attraction.




Niagara Falls (aka American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Canadian Falls) on the US-Canada border is both the largest waterfall by volume in North America and is without a doubt the most well known waterfall on the planet thanks in part to its portrayal in Hollywood, the presence of approximately 2 million people living in the Buffalo-Niagara area and the largest city in Canada being situated less than 2 hours away.

Niagara Falls, US-Canada border: three waterfalls, 167 feet tall, 2,600 feet wide, major tourist attraction, hydroelectric power, breathtaking views, boat tours.

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Waterfall Wednesday Thread!

Mardalsfossen falls in Norway is a tiered waterfall consisting of two large drops and several smaller ones lower down for a total fall of 2,116 ft.




Kaieteur Falls in Guyana: 741 feet tall, one of the world's largest single-drop waterfalls, one of the most powerful waterfalls on the planet. Very remote location, rich biodiversity, eco-tourism hotspot. The gorge below the falls was the site of a part of a British research expedition (BBC 3-part miniseries "Lost Land of the Jaguar", 2008) conducted in the Guyana rainforest in an attempt to document the pristine rainforest in the southern part of the country.







Tugela Falls in South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains known as The Amphitheater. World's second tallest, 3,110 feet, five-tiered drop, Royal Natal National Park, seasonal flow, scenic hiking.




Victoria Falls, Devil’s Pool, Zambia


Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River, the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe: 355 feet tall, 5,604 feet wide. The falls were traditionally known to the indigenous people as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or "Smoke that Thunders." Livingstone bestowed its more common name of Victoria Falls upon his visit for England's Queen Victoria. We feel it more appropriate to use the native name, as it is equally recognized in the region. The falls became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1989.



Super scenic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywqpda7d8k


Blood Falls, Antarctica: iron-rich water, red hue, Taylor Glacier, unique microbial life, subglacial lake, extreme environment, scientific interest, visual spectacle.




Kerepakupai Merú aka Angel Falls, Venezuela: considered the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a guesstimated height of 3,212 ft, and a plunge of 2,648 ft. Remote Canaima National Park, named after aviator Jimmy Angel, stunning scenery. South Africa's Tugela Falls holds the official record for world's tallest waterfall.




Yosemite Falls, California: 2,425 feet tall, North America's tallest, three sections, Yosemite National Park, peak flow in spring, iconic landmark. While the popular conception is that Yosemite is king, in reality it is only the top dog in California, not in all of the USA.




Iguazu Falls, Argentina-Brazil border: 275 cascades, 269 feet tall, 1.7 miles wide, UNESCO site, rainforest setting, breathtaking views. The majority of the river plunges into the "Garganta del Diablo" (the Devil's Throat) and together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world. According to some waterfall experts, Iguazú Falls is the world's greatest waterfall.




Gullfoss Falls, Iceland: located in the Golden Circle, 106 feet tall, two-tiered cascade, glacial river Hvítá, stunning rainbows, protected site, major tourist attraction.




Niagara Falls (aka American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Canadian Falls) on the US-Canada border is both the largest waterfall by volume in North America and is without a doubt the most well known waterfall on the planet thanks in part to its portrayal in Hollywood, the presence of approximately 2 million people living in the Buffalo-Niagara area and the largest city in Canada being situated less than 2 hours away.

Niagara Falls, US-Canada border: three waterfalls, 167 feet tall, 2,600 feet wide, major tourist attraction, hydroelectric power, breathtaking views, boat tours.

I have always had a fascination with waterfalls. I've seen quite a bit of beautiful falls myself. The ones you have chosen are epic. And knowing from experience that a picture, no matter how beautiful the pic is it can never do justice to seeing these things with your own eyes. I can only imagine how awesome these particular falls are.

The blood waterfall is super-neat.

I did a hike not too long ago down the side of a mountain on the Alabama and Tennessee state line called The walls of Jericho." This was a quick little 3.5 mile hike down the side of a mountain that had this really cool wall running along the mountain. A little further down it ends up at a waterfall. When I saw it the river wasn't rushing. It was pretty small when I saw it at the end of summer last year. If it had been in the spring I hear that particular fall is really nice. It wasnt much more than a trickle when I had made the decent to it. Definitely worth every step. That was one of the coolest adventures I had ever had while out wondering around new and strange places. I had that mountain all to myself that day. It took maybe 45mins to an hour to get down. That was a breeze. Getting back up took 2.5 hours. Thats with three or four breaks. That mountain got me winded as I was out of shape when I attempted the hike. Having no clue about the place except seeing on my map. About halfway back up is when I was starting to wonder if I had made a mistake trying to climb down to that waterfall.
https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2016/...richo.html

I've seen quite a few. That energy is pretty cool to chill by and just bask in the magnificence of nature.

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Ban Gioc or Detian Falls, Vietnam-China border, 169 miles north of Hanoi. Currently the 4th largest waterfall along a national border is 98 feet tall, 984 feet wide, multi-tiered, scenic karst landscape, important cultural site, tourism spot.



Pics don't do it justice, here's a vid:




Kabut Pelangi Waterfall, East Java, Indonesia




Dudhsagar Falls, India: Goa-Karnataka border, 1,017 feet tall, four-tiered cascade, Dudhsagar, meaning "Sea of Milk" in Konkani. Popular trekking destination, surrounded by lush forests within Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary.




Rheinfall Falls, Schaffhausen Switzerland: Europe's most powerful waterfall by volume, 490 feet wide, 75 feet tall, near Schaffhausen, boat trips, impressive rock formations.




Gocta Falls (Spanish: Catarata del Gocta) is a tall, moderate to high volume waterfall located in the upper Amazon basin in Peru. The falls drop a total of 2,531 feet in two leaps. The upper tier falls about 700 feet in a purely vertical fall, the lower drops about 1770 feet in a nearly vertical drop into a huge amphitheater, with the remainder of the height made up between the two steps. Though the volume of the unnamed river the falls occur along can fluctuate greatly with the seasons, the falls can be considered one of the major waterfalls of South America and measure up as one of the best falls on the planet.


Gocta Falls was not widely known prior to 2002 when a German Engineer by the name of Stefan Ziemendorff urged the Peruvian Government to survey the falls after his visit led to suspicions that it would be among the great falls of the world. The documentation and resulting press influenced the development of the falls as a tourist attraction. The name of the falls stems from that of a nearby village.




Sutherland Falls at 1,904 feet is the tallest in New Zealand. A high volume waterfall of three steps in very quick succession along the Arthur River, which spills from a pair of sizable lakes carved into glacial basins high on a mountainside in Fiordland National Park. The three drops of the falls stand 751 feet, 815 feet, and 338 feet tall respectively, occur in such quick succession that when viewed from the air the falls appear to be one long drop.


Named for Donald Sutherland (not that one), who was a prospector that discovered the falls in 1880.


Virginia Falls, Northwest Territories, Canada is a massive waterfall that slides down a long stretch of mighty rapids and short drops then splits around a massive 400 foot tall spire of lime stone known as Mason's Rock. The south segment of the falls drops 294 feet to the river below, while the north segment slides steeply down to a bend, then falls about 170 feet to rejoin the south segment in the river below.


The name Virginia Falls is derived from Virginia Hunter, daughter of Fenley Hunter, an American adventurer and businessman from Long Island, New York who explored the region in 1928 for the Geological Survey of Canada. designated World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in the late 1970s.


Cascada de Ventisquero Colgante, also known as Hanging Glacier Falls, is a veiling plunge waterfall in Queulat National Park, in Chile. The height is conservatively estimated to be 1,800 feet and possibly up to 2,000 ft.


In 1766, the Jesuit Father José García Alsue explored the area searching for the City of the Caesars... also variously known as City of Patagonia, the Wandering City, Trapalanda or Trapananda, Lin Lin or Elelín, is a mythical city of South America. Despite being searched for during the colonization of South America, no evidence proves that it ever existed, although reports of it circulated for two hundred years. Charles Sheffield's science fiction story "Trapalanda" (in Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1987) is built around a quest to find Trapalanda. Sheffield was a British theoretical physicist & Chief Scientist of Earth Satellite Corporation.

Exploring the City of Caesars: Patagonia's Legendary Lost City


Cerberus Falls aka Icefall Brook Falls, British Columbia, Canada is an absolute colossus of a waterfall situated at the head of spectacular Icefall Canyon, deep in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.


Cerberus Falls is a segmented horsetail waterfall located at the head of Icefall Canyon in the Continental Ranges of British Columbia, Canada. With a total height of 1,558 ft, the falls are tied with Kiwi Falls on Vancouver Island as the 8th tallest confirmed waterfall in Canada. It is also the tallest waterfall in Canada by tallest single drop and the 26th tallest waterfall in the world by tallest single drop. The Southwest Lyell Glacier covers and area of about 8 square miles, nearly all of which drains into Icefall Brook.


Helmcken Falls, British Columbia is the centerpiece to Wells Gray Provincial Park, one of the most powerful waterfalls on earth and one of BC’s prime tourist draws. The Murtle River, which just a few kilometers upstream, drops over 300 foot wide Dawson Falls, narrows to about 75 feet wide and surges over the lip of Helmcken Canyon, hurtling 462 feet into one of the largest river-sculpted amphitheaters in North America. The bowl behind the falls recedes over 150 feet into the cliff and stretches over 500 feet wide. Pictures really do not do this waterfall justice, as there is no way to convey the true power and volume of water spilling off the cliff.


Helmcken Falls is the fourth highest waterfall in Canada, measured by total straight drop without a break. Discovered by a Canadian Government land surveyor by the name of Robert Lee in July of 1913. He proposed the falls and river be named after the then Premiere of British Columbia, Sir Richard McBride. McBride was flattered but refused the honor, instead suggesting it be named for Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken who was active in the early governance of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.

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