List of waterfalls

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Havasu Falls, Arizona

The list of waterfalls contains a selection of waterfalls on earth .

→ see also the list of the highest waterfalls on earth

Africa

Angola

Ethiopia

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cascades de Karfiguéla (Burkina Faso)

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

Gabon

Ghana

Guinea

Cameroon

Kenya

Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Boyoma Falls (also Stanley Falls ) - rapids over 100 km with a height difference of 60 m with two waterfalls with a → fall height of 5 m
  • Livingstone Falls (most water-rich cataracts on earth)
    • Inga Falls (main cataracts of Livingstone Falls ), impressive cataracts, but no waterfalls
  • Lofoï Falls → fall height 165 m

Republic of the Congo

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Kapichira Falls

Morocco

Namibia

Nigeria

Reunion

  • Anse des Cascades
  • Cascade des Aigrettes → Fall height approx. 80 m
  • Cascade du Bassin Boeuf
  • Cascade du Bassin la Paix
  • Cascade Biberon → fall height approx. 250 m
  • Cascade Blanche → Fall height approx. 640 m
  • Cascade du Chaudron
  • Cascade Grand-Galet
  • Cascade Niagara → Fall height approx. 25 m
  • Cascade Langevin → Fall height approx. 25 m
  • Pisse-en-l'air → Fall height approx. 50 m
  • Voile de la Mariée → Fall height approx. 500 m
  • Trou de Fer → Fall height approx. 500 m
  • Voile de la Mariée

Rwanda

Zambia

Senegal

Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls , Zambia / Zimbabwe

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Augrabies waterfall

Tanzania

Kalambo Falls

Chad

Uganda

Central African Republic

Asia

Afghanistan

People's Republic of China

India

Dudhsagar Falls

Iran

Japan

The Kegon Falls in Japan

Laos

East Timor

Philippines

Russia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Diyaluma Falls
  • Bambarakande Falls → fall height 241 m
    (highest in the country; Sinhala: බඹර කන්ද ඇල්ල; literally translated means something like Hornet Mountain Falls ; Kande is pronounced as Kanda in English )
  • Kurundu Oya Falls → height of fall 189 m
    (Sinhala: කුරුඳු ඔය ඇල්ල; named after the river of the same name: Kurundu Oya, Oya means river)
  • Diyaluma Falls → drop height 171 m
    (best known because it is located directly on the A4 near Koslanda ; Sinhala: දියලුම ඇල්ල
    Meaning: Diya : water, (He) luma : falling, the syllable He was lost over time due to pronunciation)

Thailand

Vachiratharn waterfall

Vietnam

Cyprus

Europe

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Pliva → fall height 25 m
  • Skakavac → fall height 98 m
  • Kravica → fall height 26–28 m

Bulgaria

Denmark

Germany

→ See also: List of waterfalls in Germany

Rottach waterfalls (Bavaria)
Triberg Waterfall (Baden-Württemberg)

Estonia

France

Finland

Greece

Great Britain

England

High force in teas

Scotland

Bruar cases
Falls at Aberdulais

Wales

Ireland

Powerscourt - the tallest waterfall in Ireland
Torc Falls
  • Aasleagh Falls on the Erriff River in County Mayo
  • Assarnacaly in County Donegal
  • Cathleen or Assaroe Falls in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
  • near Connor Pass in County Kerry
  • Cranny Falls in County Antrim - Northern Ireland
  • Ess na Laragh, in Glenariff Forest Park in Co. Antrim - Northern Ireland
  • Essaranka, on Glengesh Pass in County Donegal
  • Glenbarrow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois
  • Glenoe Falls in County Antrim - Northern Ireland
  • Glencar in County Leitrim
  • Kylemore Falls near the Abbey in County Galway
  • Maghera Falls near Ardara in County Donegal
  • Mahon Falls, in the Comeragh Mountains in County Waterford
  • Poulaphuca Falls in County Wicklow
  • Powerscourt Waterfall in County Wicklow → drop height 120 m
  • Torc Waterfall on the Owengarriff River in County Kerry
  • Tourmakeady Falls in County Mayo
  • Upper Sheen Falls near Kenmare in County Kerry

Iceland

The Selfoss
The Svartifoss in winter

Italy

Croatia

Latvia

  • Ventas Rumba → Fall height approx. 2 m, one of the widest waterfalls in Europe

Norway

Kjosfossen waterfall

Austria

Krimml waterfalls

Portugal

Romania

Sweden

Switzerland

Lower Engstligenfall (Switzerland)

Serbia

Slovenia

Ukraine

Hungary

North America

Greenland

Jamaica

Canada

Montmorency case

Cuba

  • Salto de Soroa, Soroa → fall height 22 m

Mexico

United States

Yosemite Falls
Multnomah Falls
Jonathan's Run Falls

(sorted by height)

Oceania

Australia

Hawaii

New Zealand

Samoa

Tahiti

South America

View from the Argentine side of the Iguaçu (Argentina / Brazil)

Argentina / Brazil

  • Iguaçu Falls → maximum height of fall 82 m, but most of the steps only → height of fall 64 m, width 2700 m
  • Salto Yucumã → height of fall 15 m, width 1800 m

Brazil

Brazil / Paraguay

  • Saltos del Guairá no longer exist due to overflow. Once the most water-rich waterfall with a → fall height of 114 m

Chile

Saltos del Petrohué with the Osorno volcano

Guyana

Peru

  • Cataratas las Tres Hermanas → Fall height 914 m.
  • Gocta - one of the highest waterfalls in the world, discovered in 2002 and filmed for the first time in March 2006 → fall height of 771 m
  • Yumbilla

Venezuela

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=113
  2. ISBN 955-9161-31-8 (according to this source, only 5 waterfalls have been confirmed by the Survey Department of Sri Lanka).
  3. The Detian Waterfall ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / online-zeitung.de
  4. Florian Spichtig, Christian Schwick: Mürrenbachfall. In: Waterfall.ch. Retrieved June 26, 2012 .
  5. spiegel.de

Web links

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