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This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it has an existing article specifically for it on Wikipedia, and it is at least 15 m (50 ft) high, or the falls have some historical significance based on multiple reliable references.

There is no standard way to measure the height or width of a waterfall. No ranking of waterfalls should be assumed because of the heights or widths provided in the list. Many numbers are estimated and measurements may be imprecise. See additional lists of waterfalls by height, flow rate and type.

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Africa

Angola

Kalandula waterfalls of the Lucala-River in Malange, Angola (2)
Kalandula Falls, Angola
  • Kalandula Falls – 105 m (344 ft) high

Burundi

  • Kagera Falls
  • Rusumo Falls

Central African Republic

  • Boali Falls

Chad

  • Gauthiot Falls

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Boyoma Falls, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Boyoma Falls – formerly known as Stanley Falls; highest flow rate in the world
  • Inga Falls
  • Livingstone Falls
  • Lofoi Falls – 165 m (541 ft) high

Ethiopia

  • Blue Nile Falls

Ghana

Tagbo Falls Ghana
Tagbo Falls, Ghana
  • Boti Falls
  • Kintampo Falls
  • Tagbo Falls
  • Wli Falls
  • Akaa falls

Guinea

  • Tinkisso Falls

Kenya

  • Karuru Falls
  • Thomson's Falls

Lesotho

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Maletsunyane Falls, Lesotho
  • Maletsunyane Falls – 192 m (630 ft) high

Libya

  • Derna Falls

Madagascar

  • Andriamamovoka Falls
  • Mahamanina Falls
  • Mandraka Falls
  • Rianbavy Falls
  • Riandahy Falls
  • Sakaleona Falls – 200 m (660 ft) high

Mali

  • Gouina Falls

Morocco

Cascades d'Ouzoud
Ouzoud Falls, Morocco
  • Ouzoud Falls – 110 m (360 ft) high

Namibia

  • Epupa Falls
  • Ruacana Falls – 120 m (390 ft) high

Nigeria

  • Awhum Falls
  • Erin-Ijesha Falls
  • Agbokim Waterfalls
  • Farin Ruwa Falls – 150 m (490 ft) high
  • Gurara Falls
  • Matsirga Falls
  • Owu Falls

Rwanda

  • Rusumo Falls

Somalia

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Lamadaya falls in Sanaag, Somalia
  • Lamadaya Falls

South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal

Tugela Falls drop-off
Tugela Falls, South Africa
  • Howick Falls
  • Ncandu Falls
  • Tugela Falls – 948 m (3,110 ft) high, the highest waterfall in Africa

Mpumalanga

  • Berlin Falls
  • Bridal Veil Falls – 146 m (479 ft) high
  • Lisbon Falls
  • Lone Creek Falls
  • Mac-Mac Falls

Northern Cape

Tanzania

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Materuni Waterfalls, Tanzania
  • Kalambo Falls – 235 m (771 ft) high
  • Materuni Waterfalls
  • Rusumo Falls

Uganda

  • Murchison Falls
  • Sipi Falls

Zambia

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Victoria Falls, Zambia / Zimbabwe border, Africa – largest sheet of falling water in the world, width by height
  • Chavuma Falls
  • Chisimba Falls
  • Kabwelume Falls
  • Kalambo Falls – see Tanzania above
  • Kundalila Falls
  • Lumangwe Falls
  • Mambilima Falls
  • Mumbuluma Falls
  • Mutumuna Falls
  • Ngonye Falls
  • Ntumbachushi Falls
  • Nyambwezi Falls
  • Victoria Falls – 108 m (354 ft) high; widest in Africa and one of the widest in the world

Zimbabwe

  • Mutarazi Falls – 762 m (2,500 ft) high; highest in Zimbabwe, second highest in Africa and 17th highest in the world
  • Victoria Falls – see Zambia above

Asia

Madhabkund Water Fall
Madhabkunda Falls, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

  • Hum Hum Falls
  • Jadipai Falls
  • Madhabkunda Falls
  • Nafa-khum Falls

Cambodia

  • Ka Choung Falls
  • Kbal Chhay Falls

China

  • Ban Gioc–Detian Falls – Karst Hills, Daxin County, Chongzuo Prefecture, Guangxi Province; Asia's largest transnational waterfall, shared between China and Vietnam
  • Huangguoshu FallsAnshun, Guizhou provinces; 74 m (243 ft) high, 81 m (266 ft) wide
  • Hukou Falls – borders Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces; 50 m (160 ft) high; 30 m (98 ft) wide; second-largest waterfall in China
  • Pearl Shoal Falls – Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan
  • Changbai Waterfall – Jilin province; 68 m (223 ft) high
  • Huangmanzhai waterfalls – Guangdong province; 56 m (184 ft) high; 82 m (269 ft) wide
  • Dalongqiu Waterfall – Zhejiang province; 197 metres (646 ft)

East Timor

Mota Bandeira, waterfalls in Atsabe
Bandeira Falls, East Timor
  • Bandeira Falls – near Atsabe
  • Berloi Falls – Fatisi

Hong Kong

  • Waterfall Bay – near Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island; historically known for replenishing British merchant ships with its water

India

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Jog Falls, India during monsoon
Nohkalikai fall
Nohkalikai Falls, India
  • Agaya Gangai Falls
  • Aruvikkuzhy Falls
  • Athirappilly Falls
  • Barkana Falls
  • Catherine Falls
  • Chachai Falls
  • Chitrakote Falls – also called Chitrakoot or Chitrakot Falls
  • Chunchanakatte Falls
  • Courtallam Falls – also called Kutralam Falls
  • Dhuandhar Falls
  • Dudhsagar Falls
  • Duduma Falls
  • Godchinamalaki Falls
  • Gokak Falls
  • Hebbe Falls
  • Hogenakkal Falls
  • Irupu Falls – also called Iruppu Falls
  • Jog Falls – also called Joga or Gerosoppa Falls
  • Jonha Falls
  • Khandadhar Falls – Kendujhar district
  • Khandadhar Falls – Sundergarh district
  • Kiliyur Falls
  • Kunchikal Falls – 455 m (1,493 ft), tallest waterfall in India
  • Kutladampatti Falls
  • Lodh Falls – also called Burhaghat Falls
  • Magod Falls
  • Meenmutty Falls – Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Meenmutty Falls – Wayanad district
  • Nohkalikai Falls
  • Sathodi Falls
  • Thalaiyar Falls – also called Rat Tail Falls
  • Thoseghar Falls – Satara district
  • Unchalli Falls – also called Lushington Falls
  • Vajrai Falls
  • Vajrapoha Falls
  • Vazhachal Falls

Indonesia

Sipisopiso
Sipisopiso Falls, Indonesia
  • Gitgit Falls
  • Jaksa Falls
  • Sedudo Falls
  • Sipisopiso Falls
  • Moramo Waterfalls
  • Telun Berasap Falls

Iran

  • Laton Waterfall – 105 m (344 ft), tallest waterfall in Iran
  • Margoon Falls
  • Bisheh Waterfall
  • Shirabad Waterfall
  • Gerit Waterfall
  • Nojian Waterfall

Japan

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Shōmyō and Hannoki Falls, Japan
  • Abe Great Falls – 80 m (260 ft) high
  • Fukuroda Falls – 120 m (390 ft) high
  • Hannoki Falls – 497 m (1,631 ft) high; the tallest falls in Japan; only flows from April to July; twin falls with Shōmyō Falls
  • Kegon Falls – 97 m (318 ft);
  • Nachi Falls – 133 m (436 ft)
  • Nunobiki Falls – 120 m (390 ft) in four cascades, of great cultural significance, considered a meisho, or "famous site"
  • Shōmyō Falls – 350 m (1,150 ft) high; the tallest year-round waterfall in Japan

Kyrgyzstan

  • Abshir Ata Falls
  • Barskoon Falls

Laos

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Khone Phapheng Falls, Laos – highest flow rate in Asia
  • Khone Phapheng Falls – southeast Asia's biggest waterfall by volume

Malaysia

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Chiling waterfalls, Malaysia
  • Berkelah Falls
  • Cemerung Falls
  • Chiling Falls
  • Gabai Falls
  • Kadamaian Falls – 700 m (2,300 ft) high; the tallest waterfall in southeast Asia
  • Kanching Falls
  • Kota Tinggi Falls
  • Mahua Falls
  • Maliau Falls
  • Takob Akob Falls

Mongolia

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Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall, Mongolia
  • Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall – 24 m (79 ft) high

Nepal

Manikhel Waterfall
Simba waterfall, Nepal (also known as Manikhel)
  • Davis Falls
  • Hyatung Falls
  • Pachal waterfall
  • Simba waterfall
  • Rupse Falls

North Korea

  • Ullim Falls

Pakistan

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Manthokha Falls, Pakistan
  • Dhani Falls
  • Jarogo Falls
  • Manthokha Falls
  • Pir Ghaib Falls
  • Sajikot Falls

Philippines

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Tinago Falls, Philippines
  • Abaga Falls
  • Dodiongan Falls
  • Hinulugang Taktak Falls
  • Kaytitinga Falls
  • Limunsudan Falls
  • Maria Cristina Falls
  • Matang Tubig Falls
  • Pagsanjan Falls
  • Pinandagatan Falls
  • Tinago Falls
  • Tinuy-an Falls
  • Tudaya Falls

Russia (Siberia)

  • Ilya Muromets Falls – 141 m (463 ft)
  • Kinzelyuk Falls – 328 m (1,076 ft)
  • Talnikovy Falls – 482 m (1,581 ft)

Singapore

  • Cloud Forest – 35 m (115 ft); an artificial waterfall
  • Jurong Falls – 30 m (98 ft) high; an artificial waterfall
  • Rain Vortex – 40 m (131 ft); reputedly, the tallest indoor artificial waterfall in the world

South Korea

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The first two falls of Cheonjeyeon Falls, South Korea
  • Cheonjeyeon Falls
  • Cheonjiyeon Falls
  • Jeongbang Falls

Sri Lanka

Bambarakanda Waterfalls
Bambarakanda Falls, Sri Lanka
  • Bambarakanda Falls – 263 m (863 ft) high; the highest waterfall in Sri Lanka
  • Bomburu Ella Falls – located near Welimada
  • Devon Falls – located near Talawakelle
  • Diyaluma Falls – 220 m (720 ft) high
  • St. Clair's Falls – one of the widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka

Thailand

  • Mae Surin Falls
  • Phu Fa Falls
  • Thi Lo Su Falls
  • Wachirathan Falls

Taiwan

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Shifen Falls, Taiwan
  • Golden Falls
  • Jiao Lung Falls – 600 m (2,000 ft) high; the tallest waterfall in Taiwan
  • Lingjiao Falls
  • Penglai Falls
  • Shifen Falls – 40 m (130 ft) wide; the widest waterfall in Taiwan
  • Taoshan Falls
  • Wufengqi Falls
  • Wulai Falls
  • Yuntan Falls

Turkey

  • Düden Falls – Antalya
  • Göksu Falls – Sivas
  • Gürlevik Falls – Erzincan
  • Kurşunlu Falls – Antalya
  • Manavgat Falls in Antalya
  • Tortum Falls – Erzurum

Vietnam

  • Ban Gioc–Detian Falls – 30 m (98 ft) high; along the border with China

Europe

Austria

Lower Krimmler Waterfall
Krimml Falls, Austria
  • Krimml Falls – 380 m (1,250 ft), highest waterfall in Austria

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Bliha Falls – 56 m (184 ft)
  • Kravice Falls – 25 m (82 ft)
  • Pliva Falls – 22 m (72 ft)
  • Skakavac Falls – Perućica, 75 m (246 ft)
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Skakavac Falls, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Skakavac Falls – Sarajevo, 98 m (322 ft)
  • Štrbački buk Falls – 24 m (79 ft)

Bulgaria

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Boyana Waterfall, Bulgaria
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Skakavitsa Waterfall, Bulgaria
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Raysko Praskalo, Bulgaria
  • Babsko Praskalo – 54 m (177 ft)
  • Boyana Waterfall – 25 m (82 ft), Vitosha Mountain
  • Emen Waterfall
  • Etropole Waterfall Varovitets – 15 m (49 ft)
  • Hotnitsa Waterfall [bg] — 30 m (98 ft)
  • Karlovsko Praskalo – 30 m (98 ft)
  • Krushuna Falls – 15 m (49 ft)
  • Popinolashki waterfall – 12 m (39 ft)
  • Raysko Praskalo – 124.5 m (408 ft), highest waterfall in the Balkans
  • Skakavitsa Waterfall – 70 m (230 ft), Rila Mountain
  • Vratsa waterfalls
    • Skaklia (not constant) – 130 m (430 ft)
    • Borov Kamak – 63 m (207 ft)

Croatia

Czechia

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Pančava waterfall, Krkonoše region, Czechia
  • Labský vodopád (Elbe waterfall) - 35 m (115 ft) followed by 200 m (656 ft) of rapids
  • Mumlavský vodopád (Mumlava waterfall) - 10 m (32 ft) fall with highest flow rate in Czechia
  • Pančavský vodopád (Pančava waterfall) - 148 m (486 ft) highest in Czechia
  • Pudlavský vodopád (Pudlava waterfall) - 122 m (400 ft)
  • Rudické propadání (Rudice sinkhole) - 86 m (282 ft) highest sinkhole waterfall in Czechia

Denmark

  • Døndalen – 20 m (66 ft), highest waterfall in Denmark

Estonia

  • Jägala Falls
  • Keila Falls
  • Narva Cascades
  • Valaste Falls – 30.5 m (100 ft), highest waterfall in Estonia

Faroe Islands

  • Bøsdalafossur – 30 m (98 ft)
  • Fossá – 140 m (460 ft), highest waterfall in the Faroe Islands

Finland

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Pitsusköngäs, one of the most powerful waterfalls in Finland
  • Hepoköngäs – 24 m (79 ft), highest waterfall in Finland
  • Kitsiputous
  • Pitsusköngäs

France

Gavarnie-Cirque
  • Gavarnie Falls – 422 m (1,385 ft), highest waterfall in mainland France
  • Trou de Fer Falls – Réunion Island

Germany

  • All Saints Falls – 83 m (272 ft), Oppenau, Baden-Württemberg
  • Röthbach Falls – 470 m (1,540 ft), Berchtesgaden, highest waterfall in Germany
  • Sankenbach Falls – 40 m (130 ft), Baiersbronn
  • Triberg Falls – 163 m (535 ft), River Gutach in Triberg

Greece

Hungary

  • Lillafüred Falls – 20 m (66 ft), artificial

Iceland

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Dettifoss, Iceland – second most powerful waterfall in Europe
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Seljalandsfoss, Iceland
  • Aldeyjarfoss
  • Barnafoss
  • Dettifoss
  • Fjallfoss
  • Gjáin
  • Gljúfrafoss
  • Glymur (196 m; previously believed tallest until 2011)
  • Goðafoss
  • Gullfoss
  • Hafragilsfoss
  • Háifoss
  • Hengifoss
  • Hraunfossar
  • Morsárfoss (tallest at 227.3 m; discovered in 2007, measured in 2011)
  • Ófærufoss
  • Selfoss
  • Seljalandsfoss
  • Skógafoss
  • Svartifoss

Ireland

Italy

Cascatemarmore
Cascata delle Marmore, Italy
  • Cascata delle Marmore – 165 m (541 ft), tallest man-made waterfall in the world
  • Cascate del Rio Verde
  • Cascate del Serio – 315 m (1,033 ft), highest waterfall in Italy
  • Cascata del Toce
  • Cascate del Varone
  • Cascate Nardis

Kosovo

  • Mirusha Waterfalls
  • White Drin Waterfall

Latvia

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Ventas rumba – The widest waterfall in Europe
  • Abavas rumba
  • Ventas rumba – 1.80–2.20 m (5.9–7.2 ft) high; 249–270 m (817–886 ft) wide – The widest waterfall in Europe

North Macedonia

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Korab Falls, North Macedonia
  • Bogomila Falls
  • Duf Falls
  • Kolešino Falls
  • Korab Falls
  • Koprišnica Falls
  • Smolare Falls – 39.5 m (130 ft); tallest waterfall in North Macedonia

Norway

Vinnufossen, Sunndal, Norway (front)
Vinnufossen, Norway
Voringfossen
Vøringfossen, Norway
  • Espelandsfossen
  • Kjelfossen – 755 m (2,477 ft)
  • Kjeragfossen – 715 m (2,346 ft)
  • Langfoss
  • Låtefossen
  • Månafossen
  • Mardalsfossen
  • Mongefossen – 773 m (2,536 ft)
  • Ramnefjellsfossen – 818 m (2,684 ft); also known as Utigardsfossen or Utigordsfossen
  • Rjukanfossen
  • Sarpsfossen – one of the greatest flow rates of any waterfall in Europe
  • Skrikjofossen
  • Stalheimsfossen
  • Steinsdalsfossen – a path goes behind the waterfall
  • Tyssestrengene
  • Vettisfossen
  • Vinnufossen – 860 m (2,820 ft); the highest waterfall in Europe
  • Vøringfossen

Poland

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Siklawa Falls, Poland
  • Black Lake Falls – Tatra Mountains – 40 m (130 ft)
  • Kamieńczyk Falls – Sudetes – 27 m (89 ft)
  • Mickiewicz Falls – Tatra Mountains – 10 m (33 ft)
  • Podgórna Falls – Sudetes – 10 m (33 ft)
  • Siklawa Falls – High Tatras – 70 m (230 ft), highest waterfall in Poland
  • Siklawica Falls – Tatra Mountains – 23 m (75 ft)
  • Sopotnia Wielka Falls – Beskids – 12 m (39 ft)
  • Szklarki Falls – Karkonosze – 13.3 m (44 ft)
  • Wilczki Falls – Eastern Sudetes – 22 m (72 ft)

Portugal

  • Pego do Inferno – Tavira, Algarve
  • Penedo Furado – Vila de Rei, Castelo Branco
  • Pulo do Lobo – 20 m (66 ft)

Azores

  • Cascata da Ribeira Grande – 300 m (980 ft) falls is the tallest waterfall at Fajãzinha
  • Cascata do Poço do Bacalhau – 90 m (300 ft); Fajã Grande

Madeira

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25 Fontes Falls, Madeira
  • Risco Falls – 100 m (330 ft)
  • 25 Fontes Falls – 30 m (98 ft); Madeira

Romania

  • Bigăr Falls
  • Vălul Miresei Falls

Russia

  • Kivach Falls – 10.7 m (35 ft); Karelia
  • Polikarya Falls – 70 m (230 ft); Sochi National Park

Serbia

  • Kaluđerski Skokovi Falls – 232 m (761 ft); Stara Planina; highest waterfall in Serbia
  • Kopren Falls – 103.5 m (340 ft); Stara Planina
  • Pilj Falls – 65.5 m (215 ft); Stara Planina

Slovakia

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Šútovský vodopád, Slovakia
  • Kmeťov vodopád – 80 m (260 ft), High Tatras
  • Šútovský vodopád – 38 m (125 ft), Lesser Fatra
  • Vodopád Skok [sk] – 30 m (98 ft), High Tatras
  • Vajanského vodopád [sk] – 30 m (98 ft), High Tatras
  • Vodopád Bystrého potoka [sk] – 20 m (66 ft), Slovak Central Mountains
  • Roháčsky vodopád [sk] – 23 m (75 ft), Western Tatras
  • Vodopády Studeného potoka [sk], High Tatras
  • Obrovský vodopád [sk] – 20 m (66 ft), High Tatras
  • Brankovský vodopád [sk] – 55 m (180 ft), Low Tatras

Slovenia

  • Boka – 139 m (456 ft), tallest in Slovenia
  • Javornik Falls
  • Peričnik Falls
  • Rinka Falls

Sweden

  • Fettjeåfallet – 60 m (200 ft)
  • Hällingsåfallet – 43 m (141 ft)
  • Hallamölla – 23 m (75 ft)
  • Njupeskär – 125 m (410 ft)
  • Stora Sjöfallet National Park – 40 m (130 ft); once one of the most powerful in Europe; however, after construction of the Suorva Dam, the flow rate decreased from an average of 160 m3/s to 6 m3/s
  • Storforsen – 35 m (115 ft) high, largest waterfall in Sweden by flow rate, average flow rate 250 m3/s, around 870 m3/s in summer.
  • Styggforsen – 36 m (118 ft)
  • Tännforsen – 38 m (125 ft) high, 60 m (200 ft) wide, average flow rate 60 m3/s.
  • Västanåfallet – 90 m (300 ft)

Switzerland

Rhine Falls
Rhine Falls, Switzerland – highest flow rate and most powerful in Europe

Ukraine

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Maniava Falls, Ukraine
Учан-Су
Uchan-su Falls, Ukraine
  • Djur-Djur Falls – 16 m (52 ft)
  • Dzhurynskyi Falls – 16 m (52 ft)
  • Maniava Falls – 20 m (66 ft)
  • Uchan-su Falls – 98 m (322 ft), highest waterfall in Ukraine
  • Zhenetskyi Huk Falls – 15 m (49 ft)

United Kingdom

England

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High Force, England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

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Steall Falls, Scotland

Wales

North America

Belize

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Big Rock Falls, Belize
  • Big Rock Falls – 150 ft. Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Cayo District
  • Thousand Foot Falls – 1,600 ft. (488 m) Thousand Foot Falls National Park, Cayo District

Canada

Alberta

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Athabasca Falls, Alberta

British Columbia

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Helmcken Falls, British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

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Virginia Falls, Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Ontario

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Niagara Falls, Canada (Horseshoe Falls on right) / United States (American Falls on left) – highest flow rate in North America

Quebec

Costa Rica

La Paz Waterfall, Costa Rica
La Paz Falls, Costa Rica
  • La Fortuna Falls
  • La Paz Falls
  • Volio Falls

Greenland

  • Qorlortorsuaq Falls

Guadeloupe

  • Carbet Falls

Haiti

  • Saut-Mathurine Falls

Jamaica

  • Dunn's River Falls – St. Ann
  • Mayfield Falls – Westmoreland

Mexico

Saint Lucia

  • Sault Falls

United States

Category:Waterfalls of the United States by state

Alabama

Desoto Falls (AL)
DeSoto Falls, Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

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Havasu Falls, Arizona

Arkansas

California

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Yosemite Falls, California

Colorado

Connecticut

Georgia

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Amicalola Falls, highest in Georgia
  • Amicalola Falls – 222 m (728 ft), highest waterfall in Georgia
  • Anna Ruby Falls – 47 m (154 ft) on the Curtis Creek side
  • Cascade Falls – 183 m (600 ft) cascade with 3 drops, the tallest of which is 80 m (260 ft)
  • Cochrans Falls – 183 m (600 ft) cascade
  • DeSoto Falls – the upper falls drop about 61 m (200 ft), the middle falls about 27 m (89 ft) and the lower falls cascade about 11 m (36 ft)
  • Dick's Creek Falls – 18 m (59 ft) sheer drop over a granite mound into the Chattooga River
  • Dukes Creek Falls – 46 m (151 ft)
  • Estatoah Falls – several hundred feet, exact height not known
  • Holcomb Creek Falls – 37 m (121 ft)
  • Minnehaha Falls – 30.5 m (100 ft)
  • Toccoa Falls – 56 m (184 ft) sheer drop

Florida

Hawaii

(listed after Australia in the Oceania section below)

Idaho

Indiana

Kentucky

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Cumberland Falls, Kentucky
  • Cumberland Falls – 21 m (69 ft) drop, home to moonbows when the moon is full, flowing year-round
  • Seventy Six Falls – 23 m (75 ft) drop in Clinton County
  • Yahoo Falls – 34 m (112 ft), tallest plunge waterfall in Kentucky

Louisiana

  • Lake Peigneur Drilling Disaster – 50 m (160 ft) drop (all below sea-level) flowed for 3 days in 1980 due to an oil rig drilling into a salt mine

Maine

Maryland

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Great Falls, Virginia (L) / Maryland (R)

Massachusetts

  • Bash Bish Falls – 61 m (200 ft); a series of cascades with the final one being split into twin falls dropping 80-foot (24 m) over boulders to a pool below

Michigan

Pictured Rocks Bridalveil Falls

See also Category:Waterfalls of Michigan

Minnesota

Minnehaha Frozen Falls with Visitors
Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

  • Smith Falls – 19 m (62 ft), highest waterfall in Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

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Great Falls, New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

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American Falls, part of Niagara Falls, New York

North Carolina

Cullasaja
Cullasaja Falls, North Carolina
Sliding Rock
Sliding Rock, North Carolina

See also Category:Waterfalls of North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Multnomah Falls (Multnomah County, Oregon scenic images) (mulDA0002)
  • Double Falls – 54 m (177 ft)
  • Multnomah Falls – 189 m (620 ft) in two steps of 165 m (541 ft) and 21 m (69 ft), flowing year-round
  • Toketee Falls – 36 m (118 ft) in two steps, the latter of which is over columnar basalt
  • Watson Falls – 83 m (272 ft) sheer
  • Willamette Falls – 12.2 m (40 ft), 460 m (1,510 ft) wide; the largest waterfall in the Northwestern United States by volume; one of the widest waterfalls in the world

Pennsylvania

  • Dingmans Falls – 39.6 m (130 ft), Dingmans Falls Visitor Center, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
  • Fulmer Falls – 17 m (56 ft), at George W. Childs Recreation Site
  • Raymondskill Falls – 32 m (105 ft) Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
  • Silverthread Falls – 24.3 m (80 ft), Dingmans Falls Visitor Center, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
  • Bushkill Falls - 30.4 m (100 ft), Bushkill Falls

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

  • Bridal Veil Falls – 185 m (607 ft) tall double cataract waterfall
  • Calf Creek Falls – 65 m (213 ft) total drop over two falls; the lower drop is 38 m (125 ft) high, while the upper drop (upstream) is 27 m (89 ft) high

Virginia

Washington

Palouse Falls
Palouse Falls, Washington

West Virginia

Blackwater Falls
Blackwater Falls, West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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Lower Yellowstone Falls, Wyoming

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

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Apsley Falls, New South Wales
A371, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, Australia, Wollomombi Falls, 2007
Wollomombi Falls, New South Wales

Northern Territory

Jim Jim Falls
Jim Jim Falls during the wet season, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
  • Florence Falls – Aboriginal name is Karrimurra
  • Gunlom Falls – formerly Waterfall Creek Falls
  • Jim Jim Falls – Aboriginal name is Barrkmalam
  • Tjaynera Falls
  • Tolmer Falls
  • Twin Falls – Aboriginal name is Gungkurdul
  • Wangi Falls

Queensland

A223, Girringun National Park, Australia, Wallaman Falls, 2007
Wallaman Falls, Queensland – highest single drop in Australia
  • Barron Falls
  • Bilbrough Falls
  • Blencoe Falls
  • Bloomfield Falls
  • Browns Falls
  • Clamshell Falls
  • Coomera Falls
  • Daggs Falls
  • Davies Creek Falls
  • Dinner Falls
  • Herbert River Falls
  • Josephine Falls
  • Kearneys Falls
  • Leichhardt Falls
  • Malanda Falls
  • Millaa Millaa Falls
  • Millstream Falls
  • Milmilgee Falls
  • Morans Falls
  • Murray Falls
  • Purling Brook Falls
  • Queen Mary Falls
  • Simpson Falls
  • Stoney Creek Falls
  • Teviot Falls
  • Tinaroo Falls
  • Tully Falls
  • Wallaman Falls – 305 m (1,001 ft) over multiple drops with a 268 m (879 ft) single drop; first or second highest in Australia after Tin Mine Falls
  • Whites Falls
  • Wongalee Falls
  • Yarrbilgong Falls

South Australia

Tasmania

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Russell Falls, Tasmania
  • Adamsons Falls
  • Delaneys Falls
  • Dip Falls
  • Guide Falls
  • Horseshoe Falls
  • Lady Barron Falls
  • Liffey Falls
  • Montezuma Falls
  • Nelson Falls
  • Pelverata Falls
  • Russell Falls
  • Slippery Falls

Victoria

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Hopetoun Falls, Victoria

French Polynesia

  • Fautaua Falls

Hawaiian Islands

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Akaka Falls, Hawaiʻi
A228, Hanakapi'ai Falls, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, 2007
Hanakapiai Falls, Kauai
  • Akaka Falls – 135 m (443 ft) drop, Hawaiʻi (hereafter meaning the Big Island)
  • Hanakapiai Falls – 91 m (300 ft) drop, Kauai
  • Hiilawe Falls – 442 m (1,450 ft) drop, Waipio Valley, Hawaiʻi
  • Kahiwa Falls – 533 m (1,750 ft) drop, Molokai
  • Makahiku Falls – 61 m (200 ft) drop, Maui
  • Manawaiopuna Falls – 122 m (400 ft) drop, Kauai
  • Manoa Falls – 50 metres (160 ft) drop, Oahu
  • Oloʻupena Falls – 900 m (2,953 ft) drop, Molokaʻi north shore; highest waterfall in the U.S. and 4th highest waterfall in the world
  • 'Opaeka'a Falls – 46 m (151 ft) drop, Kauaʻi east shore
  • Papalaua Falls – 380 m (1,250 ft) drop, Molokaʻi
  • Pu'uka'oku Falls – 840 m (2,760 ft) drop, Molokaʻi; 8th highest waterfall in the world
  • Rainbow Falls- 24 m (80 ft) drop, Hawaiʻi
  • Waihīlau Falls – 793 m (2,600 ft) drop, Hawaiʻi
  • Wailua Falls – 53 m (174 ft) drop, Kauaʻi east shore

New Zealand

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Sutherland Falls, New Zealand

South America

Iguazu Décembre 2007 - Panorama 3
Iguazu Falls, Argentina / Brazil border – highest flow rate in South America

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Salto del Laja
Laja Falls, Chile

Colombia

Guyana

Paraguay

  • Guaíra Falls – Spanish: Saltos del Guairá; Sete Quedas, on the Brazil-Paraguay border
  • Monday Falls – Spanish: Saltos del Monday; along the Monday River

Peru

Gocta

Venezuela

See also

  • List of waterfalls by flow rate
  • List of waterfalls by height
  • List of waterfalls by type
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