This is a
list of waterfalls of the world by continent. See
also
List of waterfalls
by flow rate.
Africa
Ouzoud Falls, Morocco
Angola
Burkina Faso
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Chad
Ethiopia
Gabon
Guinea
Lesotho
Madagascar
Mali
Morocco
((manaraka falls)
Namibia
South Africa
Northern Cape
KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Eurasia
Asia
Huangguoshu Falls, China
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
East Timor
India
Jog Falls during Monsoon
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Korea
The first two falls of Cheonjeyeon
Waterfall, South Korea
Laos
Malaysia
Mongolia
- Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall - 20 m drop. On a tributary of the
Orkhon
River
.
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
Europe
Dettifoss in northern Iceland.
Considered to be the most powerful in Europe
Vøringsfossen, Norway
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Estonia
France
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Republic of Macedonia
Norway
see also
Poland
Portugal
- Cascata da Ribeira Grande (Fajãzinha, Azores) - 300 m (tallest of around 20 waterfalls at
this location, some falling into the sea)
- Cascata de Fisgas do Ermelo - 200 m
- Cascata do Poço do Bacalhau (Fajã Grande) - 90 m
- Frecha da Mizarela - 75
m
- Água Cai d`Alto - 60 m
- Faia da Água Alta - 35 m
- Pitões das Júnias - 30+ m
- Peneda - 30 m
- Cascata das 25 Fontes (25 Fontes Falls) (Madeira
) - 30 m
- Cabreia - 25 m
- Pulo do Lobo - 20+ m
- Fraga da Pena - 20 m
Russia
Serbia (Kosovo)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Ukraine
North America
Belize
Canada
Niagara
Falls
- Alexander Falls
, Callaghan Valley
, near Whistler, British Columbia
- Bow Glacier
Falls - Banff
National Park
- Brandywine Falls
, near Whistler, British Columbia
- Bridal
Veil Falls
(aka Bridal Falls) near Rosedale, British Columbia
- Canim Falls
, South Cariboo region, British Columbia
- Churchill Falls
, Labrador
245 ft (75 m)
- Crescent Falls
, Alberta
, on the David
Thompson Highway; 25 meters (82 ft)
- Crown Lake Falls, Marble Canyon
, British Columbia
- Della Falls
- 440 m (1,443 ft)
- Elk Falls
, near Campbell River, British
Columbia
- Emperor Falls
- Mount Robson Provincial
Park
- Englishman River Falls
, near Nanaimo, British Columbia
- Helmcken Falls
- Wells Gray Provincial Park
- Keyhole Falls
, the largest waterfall along the Lillooet River in British Columbia
.
- Horseshoe Falls
, Ontario
- part of Niagara Falls, with a 53 m (173 ft) drop
- Hunlen Falls
, South
Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, British Columbia
- Inglis Falls -
Owen
Sound, Ontario
- Kakabeka Falls
- Thunder
Bay
, Ontario
- Little Qualicum Falls,
near Qualicum Beach, British
Columbia
- Mahood Falls, South Cariboo/Wells
Gray-Clearwater region, British Columbia
- Montmorency Falls
, Quebec
- 83 m (272 ft)
- Nairn Falls, near Pemberton, British Columbia
- Pissing Mare
Falls, Gros Morne National Park
, Newfoundland, with a drop of 350 m (1,148 ft)
- Ram Falls,
Alberta, on Alberta Highway
734
- Shannon Falls
, near Squamish, British Columbia
- Spahats Falls
- Wells Gray Provincial Park
- Takakkaw Falls
- Yoho National Park
- Tsusiat Falls,
Pacific
Rim National Park
, near Clo-oose, British Columbia
- Twin Falls - Yoho National
Park
- Virginia Falls -
Nahanni River, NWT
- Wilberforce Falls
- Hood River, NWT
- Helen Falls -
Lady Evelyn River, Ontario (highest waterfall on the Lady Evelyn
River)
Costa Rica
Greenland
Guatemala
Guadeloupe
Jamaica
Mexico
Saint Lucia
United States
Havasu Falls, Arizona
American Falls, New York
Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
- Bonita Falls
– 152 m (500 ft) while flowing
- Bridalveil Fall
– 189 m (620 ft) sheer when
flowing
- Burney Falls
– 39 m (129 ft), spring-fed, 4 m³/s
(140 ft³/s) constant flow rate
- Chilnualna Falls
– 210 m (690 ft)
- Darwin Falls
– 24 m (80 ft), split over two sections
and the tallest waterfall in Death Valley National Park
- Feather Falls – 125 m
(410 ft)
- McWay Falls
– 24 m (80 ft), flowing
year-round
- Nevada Fall
, Yosemite National Park – 181 m (594 ft),
followed by 97 m plunge at Vernal Fall
, year-round
- Ribbon Fall
– 491 m (1612 ft) when flowing
- Silver Strand Falls
– 175 m (574 ft) when flowing
- Three Chute
Falls - 24m (80 ft) on Tenaya Creek
, flows highly variable but
perennial
- Vernal Fall - 97 m (317 ft); on Merced River just
downstream of Nevada Fall
- Yosemite Falls
– generally considered the highest waterfall in
North America, with a 436 m
(1430 ft) in one followed by 98 m (320 ft) in another,
flowing year-round
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
- Batson Creek Falls
- 34 m (110 ft) waterfall that meets
Connestee Falls
in Transylvania County, NC
.
- Bridal Veil Falls
- 37 m (120 ft) waterfall located in the
DuPont State Forest in North
Carolina
.
- Bridal Veil Falls
- 13.9 m (45 ft) drop directly next to
U.S. Highway 64 in Macon County, NC
.
- Buttermilk Falls - a
sliding falls near Rosman
- Cascade Falls
- 15 m (50 ft) sliding cascade.
Also called "The Cascades".
- Connestee Falls - 26 m (85 ft) tiered cascade that meets
Batson
Creek Falls in Transylvania County, NC.
- Corbin Creek Falls
- 183 m (600 ft) series of
cascades
- Courthouse Falls
- 12 m (40 ft) waterfall near Devil's
Courthouse Mountain
.
- Cullasaja Falls
- 61 m (200 ft) falls in Macon
County, NC
- Douglas Falls
- 21.6 m (70 ft) plunging
falls.
- Dry Falls
- 20 m (65 ft) sheer drop over an
overhanging bluff, allowing visitors to walk behind the
falls
- Eastatoe Falls
- 18 m (60 ft) cascading falls located on
private property near Rosman.
- Glassmine Falls
- 271 m (800 ft) ephemeral sliding
waterfall viewable from the Blue Ridge Parkway
in Buncombe County, North
Carolina
- Hickory Nut Falls
- 124 m (404 ft) horsetail waterfall at
Chimney
Rock Park
- Hidden Falls
- 3.7 m (12 ft) falls at Hanging
Rock State Park
- High Falls
- 38 m (125 ft) drop.
- High Shoals Falls
- 24.3 m (80 ft), at South
Mountains State Park
- Hooker Falls
- 4 m (14 ft) drop, seen in Last of the
Mohicans
- Key
Falls
- 15 m (50 ft) waterfall near Brevard
in Transylvania County.
- Linville Falls
- 46 m (150 ft) drop over several steps,
culminating in a large drop
- Looking Glass Falls
- 18 m (60 ft) waterfall near Brevard in Transylvania County.
- Lower Cascades
- 11 m (35 ft) cascades at Hanging
Rock State Park
- McGalliard Falls
- 12 m (40 ft) cascade in a city park in
Valdese,
North Carolina
- Mitchell Falls
- 8 m (25 ft) slide in Yancey
County
- Moravian Falls
- 13 m (42 ft) cascade in Wilkes
County
- Moore Cove Falls
- 15 m (50 ft) drop
- Quarry Falls - 4.3 m
(15 ft) cascade on the Cullasaja River
- Rainbow
Falls
- 38 m (125 ft) cascade on the Horsepasture River
.
- Rainbow
Falls
- 160 ft (49 m) waterfall
- Roaring
Fork Falls
- 13.9 m (45 ft) falls in the Pisgah
National Forest
- height disputed
- Setrock Creek Falls
- 17 m (55 ft) in the Pisgah
National Forest, height disputed
- Slick Rock Falls
- 9 m (30 ft) plunge falls near Brevard in Transylvania County
- Sliding Rock
- 18 m (60 ft) slide used as a natural
water slide, located near Brevard in Transylvania County
- Tory's Falls
- 30.5 m (100 ft)
- Triple Falls - 38 m (125 ft)
drop in three steps.
- Turtleback Falls
- 6.1 m (20 ft) slide and plunge on the
Horsepasture River
- Upper Cascades
- 8 m (25 ft) cascades at Hanging
Rock State Park
- Upper Whitewater Falls
- 126 m (411 ft) cascade
- Walker Falls
- 13.9 m (45 ft) cascade next to Forest
Road 74 in Buncombe County.
The
parking area for Douglas Falls is further down this road.
- Window Falls
- 8.3 m (27 ft) falls at Hanging
Rock State Park
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
- Crabtree Falls
- 366 m (1,200 ft), this cascading
waterfall features a drop of 122 m (400 ft); it is the tallest
waterfall east of the Mississippi
River and has the tallest single drop east of the Mississippi
River
Washington
- Angeline Falls - 137m
(450 feet)
- Berdeen Falls – 259 m
(850 ft)
- Blum Basin Falls
- 512m (1,680 feet)
- Boston Creek Falls- 496m
(1,627 ft)
- Bridal Veil Falls
– 404 m (1,328 ft)
- Comet Falls - 97 m
(320 ft)
- Depot Creek Falls- 295 m
(967 ft)
- Green Lake Falls
– 298m (979 ft)
- Mazama Falls
- 152m (500 ft)
- Morning Star Falls- 402m
(1,320 feet)
- Palouse Falls
- 60 m (198 ft)
- Pearl Falls
- 122 m (400 ft)
- Rainbow Falls, Stehekin, North
Cascades National Park
– , flowing year round
- Rainy Lake Falls
- 244m (800 ft)
- Seahpo Peak Falls- about 670m
(2,200 ft)
- Silver Lake Falls - 648m
(2,128 ft)
- Snoqualmie Falls
– 82 m (268 ft)
- Sulphide Creek Falls
– 665 m (2,182 ft)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Oceania
Australia
Apsley Falls, Walcha, NSW
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Wallaman Falls, Queensland
Queensland
Tasmania
Victoria
Hopetoun Falls, Victoria,
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
Akaka Falls, Hawaii
New Zealand
French Polynesia
Tahiti
South America
Argentine
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Gocta Waterfall, in Peru
Venezuela
References
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, second largest in Africa
(Stanley Falls)
- 947 m (3,110 ft) highest waterfall in
Africa, second highest in the world.
, Karst Hills, Daxing
County,
Chongzuo
Prefecture, Guangxi Province
along the border with Vietnam
.
(Yellow-fruit tree), Anshun
, Guizhou
Province - , wide
(The mouth of a pot), borders Shaanxi
and Shanxi
provinces -
; wide; second-largest waterfall in China.
-
- The tallest falls in Japan, ; Only flows from
April to July.
- infamous for suicides
- Well known falls in Japan,
- in four cascades, of great cultural significance,
considered a meisho, or "famous site"
- The tallest year-round waterfall in Japan,
at
- highest in Sri Lanka 263 m high
- most famous in Sri Lanka 220 m high
- The widest waterfall in Sri Lanka.
- 30 meters
- 340 m
- highest in the Balkans,
124.5 m
- 54 m
- 30.5 m
waterfalls, on Reunion Island
- Probably the highest free-falling one in
Finland with 17 meters.
- 470 m (1,540 ft)
- most powerful in Europe
- tallest
waterfall in Iceland at 198 m (650 ft.)
- tallest in Ireland 124m
(tallest man-made waterfall in the
world)
(the widest waterfall in Europe—120 m, but it is
not high—2.3 m)
(also known as Utigord
Falls)
(With a path behind the waterfall)
- 10.7 m
- Schaffhausen
(largest waterfalls in Europe (150 m wide, 23 m
high)
- Meiringen
- Lauterbrunnen
in Mersin
- highest waterfall in England, located in the
Yorkshire Dales National Park
- "highest" unbroken waterfall in England, with
water falling 110 m from the surface into an underground
cavern
- impressive and much-visited waterfall in
England
- downstream from High Force
- highest unbroken waterfall above ground, in
Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales
- upstream from High Force, and at one of England's
highest
- spectacular narrow gorge, with the high White
Lady Waterfall
- artificial high waterfall in Devon, part of some
Victorian pleasure grounds
- 20 metre fall at Ullswater
in the Lake District
- In Swaledale
in the Yorkshire Dales
- In Swaledale
- In Wensleydale in
the Yorkshire Dales
- In Swaledale
- In the Newlands Valley
in the Lake District
- 200 m (658 ft), highest waterfall in
United Kingdom
- 120 m 2nd highest waterfall in United
Kingdom
- powering Europe's largest hydro-electric
waterwheel
- at 240-foot (73 m), the highest
waterfall in England and Wales
in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest
Reserve of the Cayo
District
– 31.7 m (104 ft)
– 60 m (196 ft)
- 111m (365 ft)
– 85 m (280 ft)
– 55 m (181 ft)
– 12 m (40 ft)
- 222 m (729 ft)
– 47 m (153 ft) on the Curtis Creek
side
- 183 m (600 ft) cascade with 3 drops, the
tallest of which is 80 m (262 ft).
- 183 m (600 ft) cascade.
- the upper falls drop about 200 ft (60
m), the middle falls about 80 ft (24 m) and the lower falls
cascade about 20 ft 6 m)
– 46 m (150 ft)
- several hundred feet, exact height not
known
– 30.5 m (100 ft)
– 56 m (186 ft) sheer drop
– 65 m (212 ft)
- 21 m (69 ft) drop, home to moonbows when the moon is full, flowing
year-round
- 5 m (16 ft), cascading
waterfall
– 12 m (40 ft) cascades on the Ontonagon River
– 15 m (50 ft) cascades on the Ontonagon River
, in Pictured
Rocks National Lakeshore
– 9 m (30 ft) cascades in Pictured
Rocks National Lakeshore
– 30 m (100 ft)
– 8 m (25 ft) on Presque Isle River in the Porcupine Mountains
– 4.3 m (15 ft) on Presque Isle River in the Porcupine Mountains
– 4.3 m (15 ft) on Presque Isle River in
the Porcupine
Mountains
- on the Tahquamenon River
on Minnesota's North Shore of Lake
Superior
, Minnesota and Pigeon River Provincial Park,
Ontario on the U.S.-Canada
Border
– 16 m (53 ft), with a flow that varies
and can freeze in winter
- the only waterfall on the Mississippi River until replaced by dams
in the 19th century
– 13 m (47 ft), wide, flows controlled by
Rainbow
Dam
- 23 m (77 ft) drop.
- part of Niagara Falls
- 20 m (65 ft) drop
- 53 m (175 ft) vertical drop for upper
falls, total drop for two tier falls is 79 m
(260 ft)
- 35 m (115 ft) waterfall located in
Robert
H.
Treman State Park
- 66 m (215 ft) single, vertical drop,
flowing year-round
– 189 m (620 ft) in two steps of 165 m and
21 m (542 ft then 69 ft), flowing year-round
– 36 m (120 ft) in two steps, the latter
of which is over columnar basalt
– 83 m (272 ft) sheer
– 12 m (40 ft), 1500 ft (460 m) wide,
flowing year-round
~65 ft drop, located near the Chatooga River
- 78 m (256 ft) drop, highest plunge
waterfall east of the Mississippi River
- 41 m (136 ft) drop, located in Burgess
Falls State Park
– 185 m (607 ft) tall double cataract
waterfall
- 19 m (62 ft) sheer drop from Canaan
Valley
into rugged Blackwater Canyon
into Lake Superior
– largest falls in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the lower falls 94 m
(308 ft) and the upper falls 33 m (109 ft), plunge type
flowing year-round
Australia's third tallest waterfall, 160m
single drop.
Australia's second highest waterfall, 220m
combined drop.
Australia's tallest waterfall, nearly
300m
, Victoria
, Island of Hawaiʻi
- 442 ft (135 m) sheer drop
- cascades 619 m or 836 m (depending on
source)
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