List of waterfalls

This is a list of waterfalls of the world by continent.

Africa

Angola

*Kalandula Falls, second largest in Africa

Burkina Faso

*Tagbaladougou Falls

Democratic Republic of the Congo

*Boyoma Falls (Stanley Falls)
*Inga Falls
*Livingstone Falls
*Lofoi Falls

Central African Republic

*Matakil Falls

Chad

*Gauthiot Falls

Ethiopia

*Blue Nile Falls

Gabon

* Ivela Falls

Guinea

* Tinkisso Falls
* Dani Falls

Lesotho

*Maletsunyane Falls

Madagascar

*Mandraka Falls

Morocco

*Ouzoud Falls

Namibia

*Ruacana Falls

outh Africa

Northern Cape

*Augrabies Falls

KwaZulu-Natal

*Howick Falls
*Tugela Falls - 947 m (3,110 ft) highest waterfall in Africa, second highest in the world.
*Ncandu Falls

Mpumalanga

*Berlin Falls
*Bridal Veil Falls (Mpumalanga), near Sabie
*Lisbon Falls
*Long Tom Waterfall
*Lone Creek Falls, near Sabie
*Mac-Mac Falls
*Horseshoe Falls (Mpumalanga), near Sabie
*Sabie Falls, near Sabie

Uganda

*Sipi Falls
*Murchison Falls

Zambia

*Kalambo Falls
*Mosi-oa-Tunya
*Ngonye Falls
*Victoria Falls
*Nyambezi Falls
*Kalombo Falls
*Jadbabaie Falls
*Oribuyce Falls
*Murkhana Falls
*Tarmwela Falls
*Phenyalainine Falls
*Dagna Falls
*Kundalila Falls
*Lumwanga Falls
*Ntumbachi Falls
*Chimpolo Falls
*Chisamba Falls
*Chimpepe Falls
*Kabweluma Falls
*Mutumuna Falls
*Mumbuluma Falls
*Kudabwika Falls

Zimbabwe

*Mutarazi Falls

Eurasia

Asia

Bangladesh

*Madhabkunda waterfall
*Shahasradhara waterfall

Cambodia

*Kbal Chhay Waterfall
*Ka Choung

China

*Detian Falls, Karst Hills, Daxing County, Chongzuo Prefecture, Guangxi Province along the border with Vietnam.
*Huangguoshu Falls (Yellow-fruit tree), Anshun, Guizhou Province - infamous for suicides
*Nachi Falls - Well known falls in Japan, high, and, after rain, large in volume
*Shōmyō Falls - The tallest year-round waterfall in Japan, at one of England's highest
*Lydford Gorge - spectacular narrow gorge, with the convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on high White Lady Waterfall
*Canonteign Falls - artificial convert|220|ft|m|abbr=on high waterfall in Devon, part of some Victorian pleasure grounds
*Aira Force - 20 metre fall at Ullswater in the Lake District
*Kisdon Force - In Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales
*East Gill Force - In Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales
*Aysgarth Falls - In Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales
*Wain Wath Force - In Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales

cotland

*Eas a' Chual Aluinn - 200 m (658 ft), highest waterfall in United Kingdom.
*Steall Waterfall - 120 m 2nd highest waterfall in United Kingdom.

Wales

*Aber Falls
*Aberdulais Falls - powering Europe's largest hydro-electric waterwheel
*Henrhyd Waterfall
*Pistyll Rhaeadr - highest waterfall in Wales

North America

Belize

*Big Rock Falls convert|150|ft|m|sing=on in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve of the Cayo District

Canada

*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)
*Crown Lake Falls, Marble Canyon, British Columbia
*Della Falls - highest in Canada at 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 - Canada's fourth highest with a vertical drop of 141 m
*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, 2nd largest in 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)
*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 (highest waterfall north of the Arctic Circle)
*Helen Falls - Lady Evelyn River, Ontario (highest waterfall on the Lady Evelyn River)

Costa Rica

* La Fortuna Waterfall
* La Paz Waterfall

Greenland

*Qorlortorsuaq

Guadeloupe

*Carbet Falls

Jamaica

*Dunn's River Falls

Mexico

*Piedra Volada
*Cola de Caballo
*Agua Azul
*Basaseachic Falls
*Hierve el Agua
*LLano Grande Oaxaca
*Cascadas de Apoala Oaxaca
*Cola de Serpiente Oaxaca

United States

Alaska

Alabama

* DeSoto Falls – 31.7 m (104 ft)
* Noccalula Falls - 27 m (90 ft), Gadsden

Arkansas

* Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls – 64 m (209 ft) sheer
* Petit Jean Falls – 21.5 m (70 ft) vertical in Petit Jean State Park

Arizona

* Havasu Falls – 37 m (120 ft)
* Mooney Falls – 60 m (196 ft)

California

* Bonita Falls – 152 m (500 ft) while flowing
* Bridalveil Falls – 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 – 195 m (640 ft) high when flowing
* McWay Falls – 24 m (80 ft), flowing year-round
* Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park – 181 m (594 ft), followed by 97 m cascade at Vernal Fall, year-round
* Ribbon Falls – 491 m (1612 ft) when flowing
* Silver Strand Falls – 175 m (574 ft) when flowing
* 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-roun

Florida

* Falling Waters Falls - 22.3 m (73 ft). Tallest waterfall in Florida. Unusual cascade that drops from limestone outcropping into a sinkhole.

Georgia

* Amicalola Falls - 222 m (729 ft)
* Anna Ruby Falls – 47 m (153 ft) on the Curtis Creek side
* Cascade Falls - 183 m (600 ft) cascade with 3 drops, the tallest of which is 80 m (262 ft).
* Cochrans Falls - 183 m (600 ft) cascade.
* DeSoto Falls - 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)
* Dick's Creek Falls - 18 m (60 ft) sheer drop over a granite mound into the Chattooga River
* Dukes Creek Falls – 46 m (150 ft)
* Estatoah Falls - several hundred feet, exact height not known
* Holcomb Creek Falls - 37 m (120 ft)
* Minnehaha Falls – 30.5 m (100 ft)
* Toccoa Falls – 56 m (186 ft) sheer drop

Hawaii

: "see: Hawaiian Islands"

Idaho

* Shoshone Falls – 65 m (212 ft)

Kentucky

* Cumberland Falls - 21 m (69 ft) drop, home to moonbows when the moon is full, flowing year-round

Michigan

* Agate Falls – 12 m (40 ft) cascades on the Ontonagon River
* Bond Falls – 15 m (50 ft) cascades on the Ontonagon River
* Bridal Veil Falls – 30 m (100 ft) slide into Lake Superior, in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
* Chapel Falls – 9 m (30 ft) cascades in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
* Douglass Houghton Falls - 30 m (100 ft)
* Eagle River Falls – 18 m (60 ft) on a dam
* Gorge Falls – 6.1 m (20 ft) on the Black River
* Great Conglomerate Falls – 9 m (30 ft) on the Black River
* Hungarian Falls – 15 m (50 ft) group of many waterfalls on the Hungarian River
* Laughing Whitefish Falls – 30 m (100 ft)
* Manabezho Falls – 8 m (25 ft) on Presque Isle River in the Porcupine Mountains
* Manido Falls – 4.3 m (15 ft) on Presque Isle River in the Porcupine Mountains
* Miners Falls – 12 m (40 ft) sheer drop in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
* Mosquito Falls – 3.0 m (10 ft) in Pictured Rock National Lakeshore
* Munising Falls – 15 m (50 ft) sheer drop in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
* Nawadaha Falls – 4.3 m (15 ft) on Presque Isle River in the Porcupine Mountains
* Ocqueoc Falls – 3.0 m (10 ft) only waterfall of importance in the Lower Peninsula
* O-kun-de-Kun Falls – 9 m (30 ft)
* Potawatomi Falls – 12 m (40 ft) on the Black River
* Rainbow Falls – 13.9 m (45 ft) on the Black River
* Sable Falls – 4.3 m (15 ft) in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
* Sandstone Falls – 8 m (25 ft) on the Black River
* Spray Falls – 21.6 m (70 ft) sheer drop into Lake Superior, in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
* Tahquamenon Falls – 15 m (50 ft) drop, 61 m (200 ft) wide

Minnesota

*High Falls of the Pigeon River - 37 m (120 ft) waterfall Grand Portage State Park, Minnesota and Pigeon River Provincial Park, Ontario on the U.S.-Canada Border
* Minnehaha Falls – 16 m (53 ft), with a flow that varies and can freeze in winter
* Saint Anthony Falls - the only waterfall on the Mississippi River until replaced by dams in the 19th century

Montana

* Rainbow Falls – 13 m (47 ft), convert|1320|ft|m wide, flows controlled by Rainbow Dam

New Jersey

* Great Falls of the Passaic River - 23 m (77 ft) drop.

New York

* American Falls - part of Niagara Falls with a drop of 52 m (170 ft), flowing year-round
* Cohoes Falls - 20 m (65 ft) drop
* Indian Chimney Falls - 18 m (60 ft) drop, at Indian Chimney Farm
* Kaaterskill Falls - 53 m (175 ft) vertical drop for upper falls, total drop for two tier falls is 79 m (260 ft)
* Lucifer Falls - 35 m (115 ft) waterfall located in Robert H. Treman State Park
* Taughannock Falls - 66 m (215 ft) single, vertical drop, flowing year-round
* VerKeerderkill Falls - 22 m (72 ft) sheer drop

North Carolina

* Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest) - 37 m (120 ft) waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest in North Carolina.
* Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County) - 13.9 m (45 ft) drop directly next to U.S. Highway 64 in Macon County, NC.
* Cascade Falls (Falls Creek) - 15 m (50 ft) sliding cascade. Also called "The Cascades".
* Corbin Creek Falls - 183 m (600 ft) series of cascades
* 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
* 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 (DuPont State Forest) - 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
* Linville Falls - 46 m (150 ft) drop over several steps, culminating in a large convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on drop
* Looking Glass Falls - 18 m (60 ft) 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
* Moore Cove Falls - 15 m (50 ft) drop
* Quarry Falls (Macon County) - 4.3 m (15 ft) cascade on the Cullasaja River
* Rainbow Falls (Horsepasture River) - 38 m (125 ft) cascade on the Horsepasture River.
* Rainbow Falls (Rutherford County) - 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

Oregon

* Multnomah Falls – 189 m (620 ft) in two steps of 165 m and 21 m (542 ft then 69 ft), flowing year-round
* Toketee Falls – 36 m (120 ft) in two steps, the latter of which is over columnar basalt
* Watson Falls – 83 m (272 ft) sheer
* Willamette Falls – 12 m (40 ft), 1500 ft (460 m) wide, flowing year-round

Pennsylvania

* Dingmans Falls - 39.6 m (130 ft), at George W. Childs Recreation Site
* Fulmer Falls - 17 m (55 ft), at George W. Childs Recreation Site
* Raymondskill Falls 32 m (105 ft), in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
* Silverthread Falls - 24.3 m (80 ft), at George W. Childs Recreation Site

outh Carolina

* Raven Cliff Falls - 121m (398 ft) drop, located in Caesar's Head State Park

Utah

* Bridal Veil Falls – 185 m (607 ft) tall double cataract waterfall

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
* Fall Creek Falls - 78 m (256 ft) sheer drop

Washington

* Berdeen Falls – 259 m (850 ft)
* Bridal Veil Falls – 404 m (1,328 ft)
* Depot Creek Falls- 295 m (967 ft)
* Green Lake Falls – 304 m (1,000 ft)
* Snoqualmie Falls – 82 m (268 ft)
* Sulphide Creek Falls – 665 m (2,182 ft)
* Rainbow Falls, Stehekin North Cascades National Park – convert|312|ft|m, flowing year round

West Virginia

* Blackwater Falls - 19 m (62 ft) sheer drop from Canaan Valley into rugged Blackwater Canyon

Wisconsin

* Big Manitou Falls - convert|165|ft|m|abbr=on. in Douglas County
* Brownstone Falls - convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on in Ashland County
* Copper Falls - convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on in Ashland County
* Foster Falls - convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on in Iron County
* Little Manitou Falls - convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on in Douglas County
* Morgan Falls - 80-100 ft in Ashland County
* Peterson Falls - convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on in Iron County
* Potato Falls - convert|90|ft|m|abbr=on in Iron County
* Saxon Falls - convert|90|ft|m|abbr=on in Iron County
* Superior Falls - 27 m (90 ft) on the Monteral River into Lake Superior

Wyoming

* Yellowstone Falls – largest falls in the US Rocky Mountains, the lower falls 94 m (308 ft) and the upper falls 33 m (109 ft), plunge type flowing year-round

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

*Adelong Falls
*Apsley Falls
*Beauchamp Falls
*Belmore Falls
*Boonoo Boonoo Falls
*Bridal Veil Falls
*Carrington Falls
*Cataract Falls
*Clarinda Falls
*Dangars Falls
*Ebor Falls
*Ellenborough Falls
*Federal Falls
*Fitzroy Falls
*Gordon Falls
*Govetts Leap near Blackheath, New South Wales, 200 m
*Horseshoe Falls
*Leslie Falls
*Leura Falls
*Linda Falls
*Macintyre Falls
*Magdala Falls
*Martins Falls
*Minnamurra Falls
*Minni-Ha-Ha Falls
*Numantia Falls
*Queen Mary Falls
*Tia Falls
*Tianjara Falls
*Tin Mine Falls
*Trinity Falls
*Tuross Falls
*Victoria Falls
*Wentworth Falls
*Wollomombi Falls

Northern Territory

*Florence Falls
*Gunlom Falls
*Jim Jim Falls
*Robin Falls
*Tjaynera Falls
*Tolmer Falls
*Twin Falls
*Wangi Falls
*Waterfall Creek Falls

Queensland

*Barron Falls
*Blencoe Falls
*Brown’s Falls
*Clamshell Falls
*Coomera Falls
*Davies Creek Falls
*Goomoolahra Falls
*Herbert River Falls
*JC Slaughter Falls
*Josephine Falls
*Jourama Falls
*Kearneys Falls
*Leichhardt Falls
*Malanda Falls
*Milla Milla Falls
*Millstream Falls
*Milmilgee Falls
*Murray Falls
*Purlingbrook Falls
*Queen Mary Falls
*Simpson Falls
*Stoney Creek Falls
*Teviot Falls
*Tinaroo Falls
*Wallaman Falls
*Whites Falls
*Wongalee Falls

outh Australia

*Hindmarsh Falls

Tasmania

*Dip Falls
*Liffey Falls
*Lilydale Falls
*Meetus Falls
*Montezuma Falls
*Russell Falls
*Crater Falls
*Delaneys Falls
*St Columba Falls
*Winterbrook Falls
*Lady Barron Falls
*Marriotts Falls
*Guide Falls
*Sandersons Falls
*Quailes Falls
*Crater Falls
*Reuben Falls

Victoria

*Agnes Falls
*Erskine Falls
*Lal Lal Falls
*Loddon Falls
*MacKenzie Falls, Grampians National Park, Victoria
*Sailors Falls
*Stevenson Falls
*Trentham Falls
*Cumberland Falls
*Marriners Falls
*Sabine Falls
*Sheoak Falls
*Hopetoun Falls
*Beauchamp Falls
*Triplet Falls
*Carisbrook Falls CLOSED
*Phantom Falls
*Straw Falls
*Little Aire Falls
*Rainbow Falls
*Henderson Falls
*Won Wordah Falls
*Currawong Falls
*Cora Lynn Cascades
*Kalimna Falls
*Wannon Falls

Western Australia

*Fernhook Falls
*Gladstone Falls
*Lane-Poole Falls
*Mitchell Falls
*Lesmurdie Falls
*Boulter's Heights
*The Cascades, Pemberton

Hawaiian Islands

*‘Akaka Falls, Island of Hawaiʻi - 442 ft (135 m) sheer drop
*Hiilawe Waterfall, Waipio Valley, Island of Hawaiʻi - 1300 foot (396 m) drop, the highest single drop in the Hawaiian Islands.
*Kahiwa Falls - 1,750 ft (530 m)
*Kahuna Falls
*Olo'upena Falls - 2953 foot (900 m) total drop. Moloka'i north shore.
*'Opaeka'a Falls - convert|151|ft|m|sing=on drop. Kauai's east shore.
*Papalaua Falls
*Rainbow Falls
*Wailua Falls - convert|173|ft|m|sing=on drop. Kauai's east shore.
*Waipoo Falls

New Zealand

*Aniwaniwa Falls
*Browne Falls - cascades 619 m or 836 m (depending on source)
*Huka Falls
*Mokau Falls
*Mt. Damper Falls - tallest on the North Island
*Purakaunui Falls
*Sutherland Falls - usually regarded as the highest waterfall in New Zealand, at 580 m
*Tarawera Falls
*Mauku falls

French Polynesia

Tahiti

*Fachoda Falls

outh America

Argentina

*Iguazu Falls

Brazil

* Cachoeira da Fumaça (Chapada Diamantina, Bahia) 380 meters, highest in Brazil, 25th of the World
* Guaira Falls (Sete Quedas) - on the Brazil-Paraguay border
* Iguazu Falls
* Cascata de Sete Lagoas (Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais)
* Tabuleiro Falls

Chile

*El Saltillo
*Huilo-Huilo Falls
*Salto del Itata
*Los Saltos
*Salto del Laja
*Petrohué Falls
*Rahue Falls

Colombia

*Salto del Tequendama - Cundinamarca
*Salto de Bordones - Huila
*Salto del Mortiño - Huila

Guyana

*Cuquenan Falls
*Kaieteur Falls
*King Edward VIII Falls

Paraguay

*Guaira Falls (Sete Quedas) - on the Brazil-Paraguay border

Peru

*Gocta
*Las Tres Hermanas
*Yumbilla falls

Venezuela

*Angel Falls - the highest waterfall in the world, at 979 m (3,212 ft)
*Cuquenan Falls
*Llovizna Falls
*Para Falls
*Yutaje Falls

References

External links

* [http://www.world-waterfalls.com/ World Waterfall Database]