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

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.

Notable Waterfalls

Some of the most noteworthy waterfalls are:

  • '''Victoria Falls''', on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, forms the largest single face of falling water in the world, with a width of 1.7 kilometers and height of 108 meters.
  • '''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
  • '''Niagara Falls''', the '''most-visited''' waterfall in the world, on the border between Canada and the United States of America
  • Africa

    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
  • 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.
  • Uganda

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

    China

    China's largest waterfall, the Huangguoshu Waterfall is one of few waterfalls that can be viewed from above, below, front, back, left and right in the world. It is near Anshun in Guizhou.

    Iran

  • '''Shevi waterfall''' is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Iran with a height of about 85 m.
  • 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 Pre?eren's epic poem _gBaptism by the Savica_h is one of the great works of Slovene literature.
  • Iceland

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

  • '''Angel Falls''' in Venezuela, the highest single-drop falls in the world (nearly a kilometer)
  • '''Iguacu Falls''' on the border of Brazil and Argentina, are one of the largest and most impressive in the world.
  • '''Kaieteur Falls''' in Guyana is said to be one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world with 663 cubic meters per second, it also carries the claim to be the highest single drop water fall in the world.de:Liste der Wasserfalle