Waterfalls

From World travel guide

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

Contents 1 Visiting Waterfalls 2 Notable Waterfalls 3 By continent 3.1 Africa 3.2 Europe 3.3 North America 3.4 South America

Visiting Waterfalls

• Keep away from the edge...

Notable Waterfalls

Some of the most noteworthy waterfalls are:

• Niagara Falls, the most-visited (and probably the most famous) waterfalls 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

By continent

Africa

• 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
• Murchison Falls in Uganda, where the Nile River passes through a narrow cleft in the rocks and crashes over a 30 m precipice
• Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, 1.7 km wide falls, plummeting more than 100 m into the gorge below

Europe

• Rhine Falls in Switzerland, Europe's largest falls

North America

• Niagara Falls, the most-visited (and probably the most famous) waterfalls 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

South America

• Angel Falls in Venezuela is the worlds highest waterfall with an uninterrupted drop of 807 m
• Iguaçu Falls between Brazil and Argentina

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