Niagara Waterfall

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Total Height:
167 feet
51 meters
Tallest Single Drop:
167 feet
51 meters
Number of Drops:
1
Waterfall Type:
Segmented Block
Average Width:
3,948 feet
1,203 meters
Average Volume:
85,000 cubic feet / sec.
2,407 cubic meters / sec.
Maximum Recorded Volume:
292,000 cubic feet / sec.
8,269 cubic meters / sec.
Watercourse:
Niagara River
Seasonality:
Perennial
Seasons of Best Flow:
Year Round
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Continent:
North America
Country:
USA / Canada
State / Province:
New York / Ontario
Locality:
Niagara Falls
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USGS Niagara Falls (topozone.com)Aerial photography (lostoutdoors.com)
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Niagara Falls is undoubtedly the most famous waterfall on the planet. It consists of 3 Falls: the American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls (aka Luna Falls,) both in the US, and Horseshoe Falls in Canada. The Niagara River, above the falls, has a discharge of about 212,000 cubic feet per second, but the hydroelectric facility at the falls draws off more than half the volume of the river, leaving the average flow of the falls at around 85,000 cubic feet per second. In our opinions, this is a very impressive waterfall, but due to it's short height (in the grand scheme of things) and it's location in a developed location, we can't, in good conscience, call this one of the best in North America.
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http://www.niagarafallslive.com/photos_of_niagara_falls.htm

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2007-01-20 - Updated ratings

World's Highest Waterfall

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Total Height:
3212 feet
979 meters
Tallest Single Drop:
2648 feet
807 meters
Number of Drops:
2
Waterfall Type:
Plunge, Cascades
Average Width:
350 feet
107 meters
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Watercourse:
Rio Gauja
Seasonality:
Perennial
Seasons of Best Flow:
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Location, Directions & Maps:
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Continent:
South America
Country:
Venezuela
State / Province:
Bolivar
Locality:
Canaima National Park
Specific Location:
Auyan Tepui
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Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world, as well as the tallest single drop in the world. The falls consist of a 2648 foot plunge, where the water comes out of the face of Auyan Tepui, then it cascades down steep talus before dropping over another 100 foot cascade. No one seems to know what the stream the falls occur on is called. For the longest time, there have been references to Angel Falls being known in Pemon (the local language) as Churún Merú, and the falls subsequently being on Rio Churún. However, the real Pemon name of the falls is Kerepakupai Merú, which means "fall from the deepest place". To further clear this issue, Churún Merú is a totally different waterfall of about half the height of Angel Falls, located further up the large canyon bysecting Auyan Tepui. The top of the Tepui from which the falls drop is heavily fractured and jointed sandstone. The waters above the falls drop into a series of cracks, crevices, and gorges and burst out of the cliff face about 50 feet below the brink. The waterfall segments in periods of highest water. We've seen photos that show the falls split into 3 major portions, creating a veil of water on the order of 600' in width. Pilot Jimmy Angel is widely credited for discovering the falls in 1937, but the true discoverer was one Ernesto de Santa Cruz, who found the falls in 1910. The falls were subsequently named for Jimmy Angel, since he was the first westerner to view the falls.
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http://community.webshots.com/photo/11306039/11305776TxCgNnQExy

http://www.lastrefuge.co.uk/images/html/tepuis/Angel_Falls/index.htm

http://www.michaeljohnmeehan.com/Venezuela/ST%20of%20Angel%20Falls.jpg

http://community.webshots.com/photo/11306039/11305914AgELvmoUcL

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=64461045&size=o&context=pool-52241685729@N01

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=64461560&context=pool-52241685729@N01&size=o

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