World's Most Beautiful Waterfall

Angel Waterfall

Waterfall Salto Angel or Angel is a free-falling waterfall the highest in the world with a height of 979 meters (3212 feet) with no barriers fall around 807 meters (2647 feet). This waterfall is located in the Rio Caroni, Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

Although first seen in the early 20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known officially the world until discovered by American aviator, James Crawford Angel in flight looking for the gold mine site. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near a waterfall. This waterfall is called "Waterfalls Angel" in memory of its discoverer, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indians called this waterfall as "Auyan-tepui" ("Aiyan-tepui") which means "Mountain of Satan".

Official altitude is determined by the National Geographic Society in 1949. This waterfall is the most famous tourist attractions in Venezuela.

Tugela Waterfall

Tugela falls are the second highest waterfall in the world. Elevation in total (five times a waterfall, amphitheater series) is 947 meters. Its location in the Drakensberg (Dragon's Mountains) in the Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. This waterfall is more evident after heavy rains from the main road to travel dedalam park. Source water from the river Tugela River.

Three Sisters Waterfalls

In Peru there is the third highest waterfall in the world with the name of Three Sisters Falls (Cataratas las Tres Hermanas) in the Ayacucho region. Waterfall called the Three Sisters because apart from the three levels. Two of the levels of which are only visible from the air, and water drops into a large tub in which a third less palatable menceburi appear. Waterfalls are almost entirely surrounded by forest, and trees around the Three Sisters Falls to reach as high as 100 feet. This waterfall reaches a height of about 914.

Waterfalls Olo'upena

Olo'upena Falls, the fourth highest waterfall in the world, on the island of Molokai, which is relatively isolated. Many people have never seen or Heard of the Olo'upena Falls, and most waterfall WHO enthusiasts have gathered information about the falls have only done so through aerial photographs. Many people have never heard of Olo'upena Falls, most of the information about this waterfall can only diproleh memalui aerial photographs. Volume waterfall that is not much, but as high as 900 meters, higher than Waihilau Falls (792 meters), both located in Hawaii.

Waterfalls Yumbilla

There is already accounted's National Geographical Institute of Peru, that in Peru have discovered Yumbilla Falls in Peru with a height of 870 meters. Yumbilla Falls with four huge water flow. The present invention replace the position of Gocta Falls (771 meters), which is also located in the Amazon region countries.

Detian Waterfalls

Ban Gioc Falls, known in Vietnam as thác Ban Gi? c, is a series of waterfalls in Quy Xuan River on the Sino-Vietnamese border, which is located in the Karst hills of Daxing County in Guangxi province Chongzuo city, beside China, and in Trung District Khanh, Cao Bang province side of Vietnam, 272 km north of Hanoi.

Waterfall falling from a height of thirty meters. Scattered among the rocks and trees, water falls and the sound of distant thunder.

Until now there is still controversy regarding the border demarcation at this location designated in 1999 Viet Nam-China Treaty on Land Borderline, originated from an unclear definition and placement of signs on the border in a legal document between France and the Qing government. One faction believes that this whole fall of Vietnam, that the boundary marker stones have been moved after the Sino-Vietnamese war of 1979.

Iguazu Falls

Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of countries, namely Brazil, Paraquay and Argentina.

The name Iguazu comes from the Guarani (y = water and ûasú = large). Legend tells us that god plans to marry a beautiful native named Naipí, but he fled with his girlfriend Tarobá in the boat. In the anger of the god sliced ​​the river to form a waterfall, to punish the two eternal beings that fell there. The first European to find this waterfall is Conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza is de Vaca from Spain in 1541.

Iguazu falls is a combination of 275 falls along 2.7 km of the Iguazu River. Some of them fell from a height of 82 meters, mostly around 64 meters. Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat), a U-shaped 82-meter-tall, 150 meters wide 700 meters long and is the most impressive.

The waterfall can be reached from two major cities, each located on both sides of this waterfall; through Foz Iguacu Parana state of Brazil, from Puerto Iguazu in Misiones province of Argentina as well as from Ciudad del Este (Paraguay). This waterfall is set by both countries as a national park; Iguazu National Park - Argentina and Iguaçu National Park - Brazil. Also designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 and 1986.

Air terjun Victoria

Mosi-oa-Tunya (the smoke that roar) is the name used by local people, is the name of Victoria Falls is the name given by the Scottish explorer, Dr.David Livingstone in 1855. Victoria Falls is located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe country.

This waterfall is part of two national parks, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia and Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe, and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This waterfall is a major tourist attraction in South Africa.

This waterfall form other than a general, Zambesi river seemed to be shed into the basalt plateau fracture zones or slit-shaped earth a narrow ravine. Width of 1.7 kilometers (1 mile) and the water from a height of 108 meters kedasar abyss.

It can be seen a lot of African fauna, especially birds waterfalls around Victoria, and various fish species typical of the river Zambezi.

Niagara Falls

Niagara is a big waterfall on the Niagara River in the international boundary line between United States state of New York with the Canadian province of Ontario. This waterfall is about 17 miles (27 km) north northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (120 km) southeast of Toronto, Ontario.

Niagara is a group of three. The third waterfall is a waterfall Horseshoe (sometimes referred to as the waterfall Canada), American waterfall, and the smaller Bridal Veil waterfall by an island which dipisahkn Luna Island from the main waterfall.

Although not too high, the Niagara waterfalls are very wide and most popular in the world. More than 6 million cubic feet (168,000 m3) of water per minute dropped and this is the most powerful waterfall in North America. (text: wiki)

Niagara Falls is famous for its beauty and valuable as the use of hydro resources, a form of managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial.

Plitvice Waterfalls

Waterfalls in the Plitvice Lakes, it can not be imagined as Niagara waterfall. This is a national park on the eponymous Plitvice plateau, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina diperbatasan with.

Sixteen lakes are fragmentary (clusters of 12 lakes and four clusters under the lake), a naturally structured hierarchy starting from a height of 636 m to 503 m. Water coming out of the lake is the lowest form Korana river.

Plitvice Lakes are located in the basin karstic rock, mainly dolomite and limestone, which form the special features. Lake of the fragmentary nature of travertine dam, which is a deposit of moss, algae and bacteria. Formation of travertine dams increases about about 1 cm per year. This lake is also famous for its color changes, ranging from sky blue, green, blue or gray. This color change depending on the amount of minerals or organisms in the water and the elevation of the sun.

Park has been listed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. Opertion After the Storm, UNESCO listed the park is the status of 'danger' in the List of World Heritage in Danger. With a variety of considerations, the government of Croatia set a status of de-mining efforts. In December 1998 issue of the UNESCO list of endangered sites. Today, the Plitvice Lakes is one of the biggest tourist attraction in Croatia. In 2000, the park has been expanded by over 102 km ².