49 Incredible Waterfalls From Around The World

Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times, the channel is often narrow and deep. As the watercourse increases its velocity at the waterfall’s edge, it plucks material from the riverbed. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens slowly, while decay occurs more rapidly downstream.

Whirlpools created in the turbulence and sand and stones carried by the watercourse increase the erosion capacity. This causes the waterfall to carve deeper into the bed and to recede upstream. Over time, the waterfall will reduce back to form a canyon or gorge downstream as it recedes upstream and carves more profoundly into the ridge above it. The rate of retreat for a waterfall can be as high as one and a half meters per year.

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01. Incredible Multnomah Waterfalls, Oregon

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02. Elakala Waterfalls, West Virginia

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03. Niagara Falls, USA/Canada

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04. Nohkalikai Falls, India

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05. Huangguoshu Waterfall, China

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06. Selijalandsfoss Waterfall, Iceland

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07. Yellowstone Falls, Wyoming

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08. Cascata Delle Marmore, Italy

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09. Silverthread Falls, Pennsylvania

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10. South Falls, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

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11. Tad Sae Waterfall, Laos

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12. Incredible Barron Waterfalls, Australia

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13. Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite, California

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14. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

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15. Basaseachic Falls, Mexico

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16. Salto Grande Cascades, Chile

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17. Palouse Falls, Washington

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18. Takakkaw Falls, Canada

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19. Sutherland Falls, NZ

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20. Angel Falls, Venezuela

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21. Iguazu Falls, Argentina, And Brazil

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22. Gullfoss Waterfall, Iceland

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23. Wall Of Tears, Hawaii

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24. Yinlinanzhuitan Waterfall, China

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25. Kaieteur Falls, Guyana

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26. Baatara Gorge Waterfall, Lebanon

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27. Huka Falls, New Zealand

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28. Plitvice Lakes Waterfall, Croatia

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29. Tegenungan Waterfall, Bali

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30. Yosemite Falls, California

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31. Jog Falls, India

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32. Ventisquero Colgante Falls, Chile

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33. Wallaman Falls, Australia

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34. Voringfossen Waterfall, Norway

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35. Athirapally Waterfalls, India

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36. El Chiflon, Mexico

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37. Tad Fane, Waterfalls, Laos

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38. Sunwapta Falls, Canada

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39. Dettifoss, Iceland

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40. Ban Gioc Detian Waterfalls, Vietnam

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41. High Falls, NY

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42. Augrabies Falls, South America

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43. Barehipani Falls, India

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44. Dudhsagar Falls, India

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45. Cascade Blanche, Reunion Island

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46. Taughannock Falls, New York

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47. Giessbach Falls, Swiss

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48. Havasu Canyon Falls, Arizona

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49. Maletsunyane Falls, Lesotho

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