AY Honors/Waterfalls/Answer Key

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Punchbowl: Water descends in a constricted form, then spreads out in a wider pool.
Segmented: Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends.
Tiered: Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls.
Multi-Step: A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.

Examples of large waterfalls

Significant waterfalls include these alphabetically:

Angel Falls, the world's highest at 979 metres (3212 feet), in Venezuela
Cascata delle Marmore in Italy is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world
Gocta, the fifth highest in the world at 771 m (2533 ft), located in the province Chachapoyas, Peru
Kaieteur Falls, (Potaro River in central Guyana) located in the Kaieteur National Park, a region that is also claimed by Venezuela. It is 226 m (741 ft)
High Force on the River Tees is one of the tallest waterfalls in England
Iguazu Falls, a tall and extremely wide fall located in South America on the Argentina/Brazil border
Jog Falls, India's eight highest (listed as 313 ranking on the World Waterfall Database), located in Karnataka state, India
Jurong Falls in Singapore is the tallest artificial waterfall in Asia
Niagara Falls is the most powerful falls in North America
Ramnefjellsfossen, the world's third highest at 808 m (2685 ft), at Stryn, Nesdalen, Norway
Rhine Falls, Europe's largest, located in Switzerland
Tugela Falls, the world's second highest at 947 m (3110 ft), in KwaZulu-Natal province, Republic of South Africa
Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall in the world, over a mile long and located on the Zambezi river on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Yosemite Falls, arguably the tallest in North America, located in Yosemite National Park, United States