AY Honors/Waterfalls/Answer Key

Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. Waterfalls may also be artificial, and they are sometimes created as garden and landscape ornament.

Some waterfalls form in mountain environments where erosion is rapid and stream courses may be subject to sudden and catastrophic change. In such cases, the waterfall may not be the end product of many years of water action over a region, but rather the result of relatively sudden geological processes such as thrust faults or volcanic action.

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Examples of large waterfalls

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Angel Falls, the world's highest at 979 m (3230 ft), in Venezuela
Tugela Falls, the world's second highest at 947 m (3110 ft), in KwaZulu-Natal province, Republic of South Africa.
Ramnefjellsfossen, the world's third highest at 808m (2685 ft), at Stryn, Nesdalen, Norway.
Victoria Falls, the world's widest, on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe
Boyoma Falls, with the world's highest volume, 17,000 m³/s (600,000 ft³/s), on the Congo River, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gocta, the fifth highest in the world at 771 m (2533 ft), located in the province Chachapoyas, Peru
Yosemite Falls, the tallest in North America, located in Yosemite National Park, United States
Niagara Falls, most voluminous in North America, on the border between the United States and Canada
Rhine Falls, Europe's largest, located in Switzerland
Iguazu Falls, a tall and extremely wide fall located in South America on the Argentina/Brazil border
Jog Falls, India's highest and second highest in Asia, located in Karnataka state, India
Jurong Falls in Singapore is said to be the tallest man-made waterfall in the world

Gallery

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Tower Fall in Yellowstone National Park, USA
Godafoss in Iceland
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Wailua Falls in Hawaii, USA
Staubbach Falls flows into the town of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Dettifoss in Iceland
Man-made waterfall at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, Australia
Waterfall near Brienzersee, Switzerland
Earthen Dam Waterfall in Waverly, New York, USA
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Kaieteur Falls in Guyana
Niagara Falls, on the border between Canada and the USA
A small part of the Krimml Falls, Austria. Scale is given by the people on the right
Burney Falls, located near Burney, California, USA