Waterfalls

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Waterfalls are some of the most spectacular sights that nature has to offer, and are the frequent goal of many travellers.

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Stay safe

A liter of water weighs a kilogram; a gallon weighs ten pounds. When large amounts of water fall long distances, the forces involved are enormous, easily enough to kill a person or sink a boat.

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Notable Waterfalls

Some of the most noteworthy waterfalls are:

• Niagara Falls, the most-visited (and probably the most famous) waterfall in the world, on the border between Canada and the United States of America
• Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest waterfall with one uninterrupted drop of 807 m (2,647 ft), from a total height of 978 m (3,212 ft)
• Boyoma Falls (formerly, Stanley Falls) on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the falls with the greatest volume of flow - 17 million litres per second over a drop of 60 m

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Africa

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Congo

• Boyoma Falls (formerly, Stanley Falls) on the Congo River are the falls with the greatest volume of flow - 17 million litres per second over a drop of 60 m

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South Africa

• Tugela Falls in the Drakensberg is the worlds second highest waterfall with a total drop of 947m in 5 leaps. The highest single drop is 411m.

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Uganda

• Murchison Falls where the Nile River passes through a narrow cleft in the rocks and crashes over a 30 m precipice

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Zambia and Zimbabwe

• Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, 1.7 km wide falls, plummeting more than 100 m into the gorge below

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Asia

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China

China's largest waterfall is near Anshun in Guangxi.

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Iran

• Shevi waterfall is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Iran with a height of about 85 m.

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Europe

• Rhine Falls in Switzerland, Europe's largest falls (by volume of water)
• Savica Waterfall in Slovenia has two strands and is 78 meters high. France Prešeren's epic poem “Baptism by the Savica” is one of the great works of Slovene literature.

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Iceland

• Dettifoss, Europe's most powerful falls
• Gullfoss, a two-level cascade
• Godafoss in northern Iceland

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North America

• Niagara Falls, the most-visited (and probably the most famous) waterfall in the world, on the border between Canada and the United States of America

• Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, the highest in North America

• Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, second largest falls in North America east of the Mississippi River (after Niagara) and far less touristy.

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South America

• Angel Falls in Venezuela, the highest single-drop falls in the world (nearly a kilometer)
• Iguaçu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina, are one of the largest and most impressive in the world.

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