Greatest Waterfalls Of The World

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What comes to your mind when you think about the word “WATERFALLS” ?

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and you thought that Niagara was a great waterfall..

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What comes to your mind when you think about the word “WATERFALLS” ?

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NIAGARA FALLS

Height 59 Mtrs

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Or if You are an Indian

JOG FALLS

Height – 253 Mtrs

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But certainly you don’t think of

Victoria, Angel and Iguazu Falls.

So Lets see Why you should Think of These

Greatest Waterfalls on the Planet Earth

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So what is this? This is the aerial top view of the Victoria Falls

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The Victoria Falls has a width of 1.7 km (1 mile) and height of 108 m (360 ft),

forming the largest sheet of falling water in the world.

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The Victoria Falls are on the Zambezi river.

The falls are shared between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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What about this waterfall. How high do you think this fall is ?

The height of this waterfall is 979 Mtrs. Sixteen times higher than Niagara Falls.

Three times the height of the Empire state

building.

ANGEL FALLS

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Angel Falls

Indigenous name: Kerepakupay Vená

Angel Falls is the world's highest free-falling, freshwater waterfall at 979 m (3,212 ft), with an uninterrupted drop of 807 m (2,648 ft), located in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

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From About 1 Km Below

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When there is such cloud cover we can see only about one fourth of the fall.

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This next waterfall consists of about 270 falls along 2.7 kilometers of the Iguazu River. Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters in height, though the

majority are about 64 meters.

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IGUAZU FALLS

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IGUAZU FALLS

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IGUAZU FALLS

Panoramic View

Iguazu Falls are the waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones

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So remember Niagara is not the only waterfall worth remembering.

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Keep Walking