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Its Cree-derived name means 'it is wonderful' -- this is one of Canada's tallest waterfalls, in Yoho National Park.
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This North Carolina waterfall plunges into a gorge nicknamed the 'Grand Canyon of the East.'
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Fall Creek Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in the eastern US, is found in this southern state.
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These falls in the Black Forest are among Germany's highest waterfalls.
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This waterfall drops in stages down a remote Hawaiian sea cliff on Molokai.
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This South African waterfall's name means 'place of great noise' on the Orange River.
AUGRABIESNamed for its curved shape, this section carries most of Niagara's water on the Canadian side.
HORSESHOEOne of Scotland's tallest waterfalls thunders near Glen Nevis.
STEALLJust outside Bogota, Tequendama Falls drops over 130 meters in this Andean country.
COLOMBIAThis Oregon waterfall's name means 'graceful' in a local Native American language.
TOKETEERainbows often form in the mist of this 110-meter waterfall in Morocco's Atlas Mountains.
OUZOUDThis is Slovenia's tallest waterfall, found near Bovec in the Soca valley.
BOKATahquamenon Falls, one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River, is located in this state's Upper Peninsula.
MICHIGANThis 78-meter waterfall in Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia's tallest.
VELIKIBoyoma Falls, among the highest-volume waterfalls on Earth, interrupts a major river in this Central African country.
CONGONiagara Falls sits on the border between the United States and this country.
CANADAOne of Wales's most-visited waterfalls, near Betws-y-Coed; its English name comes from a bird whose tail the divided flow resembles.
SWALLOWThis is the North Island of New Zealand's highest waterfall.
WAIREREDiyaluma, the second-tallest waterfall on this island nation, tumbles beside a natural infinity pool.
SRILANKAKnown as the 'Niagara of Chile,' this waterfall roars through the Biobio region of central Chile.
LAJAOnce named for a colonial explorer, this Congo River waterfall has the world's highest flow rate.
BOYOMASixteen turquoise lakes connected by cascading waterfalls make up this country's Plitvice Lakes National Park.
CROATIAKrimml Falls, fed by glacial meltwater, is the tallest waterfall in this Alpine country.
AUSTRIAKnown for its long cascading spout, this is England's highest waterfall.
CAUTLEYThis South African waterfall drops into a valley long linked with local legend.
HOWICKKegon Falls, framed by autumn foliage near the town of Nikko, is a popular sightseeing spot in this country.
JAPANBest known for a cave that lets visitors walk behind the falling water, Huangguoshu Falls is located in this country.
CHINAKhone Phapheng Falls forms a wide, turbulent barrier across the _ _ _ _ _ _ River near the Cambodian border.
MEKONGGullfoss means "_ _ _ _ _ _ Falls" in Icelandic, though the water itself isn't literally that color.
GOLDENStraddling the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, this waterfall on the Zambezi River is over a mile wide.
VICTORIAThis is Germany's tallest waterfall, located near the Austrian border.
ROTHBACHMurchison Falls squeezes the entire Nile River through a gap just 7 meters wide, in this East African country.
UGANDAThis Yosemite waterfall pairs a wedding item with 'Fall': Bridal _ _ _ _.
VEILUlaan Tsutgalan, sometimes called the "Red Waterfall," is a popular natural landmark in this Central Asian country.
MONGOLIAThis is the Faroe Islands' highest waterfall.
FOSSALocated on Molokai's sea cliffs, this is the tallest waterfall in the United States.
OLOUPENARainbow mist often rises where Ouzoud Falls drops over 100 meters in this North African country.
MOROCCOHenrhyd Falls, used as a filming location for a Batman movie's cave entrance, is found in this part of the UK.
WALESAt 105 meters, this waterfall in Gilan Province is widely considered the tallest in Iran.
LATONThis is the Czech Republic's tallest waterfall, found in the Krkonose Mountains.
PANCAVSKYThis waterfall in China's Guizhou province belongs to the same falls system as Huangguoshu.
DALONGQIUThis waterfall sits on the Kunene River, the border between Angola and Namibia.
RUACANAMutarazi Falls, one of Africa's tallest, drops in two tiers within a national park in this southern African country.
ZIMBABWEEas a' Chual Aluinn, one of Britain's tallest waterfalls, plunges into a remote glen in this part of the UK.
SCOTLANDNear the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Kalambo Falls ranks among Africa's tallest, in this East African country.
TANZANIANjupeskar, the tallest waterfall in this Scandinavian country, lies within a national park.
SWEDENThis is North Macedonia's tallest waterfall.
SMOLAREThe Iguazu River is itself a tributary that joins the _ _ _ _ _ _ River not far downstream of the falls.
PARANAMonday Falls, near the famous Iguazu system, is found in this small South American country.
PARAGUAYThis is Missouri's tallest waterfall, found in the Ozark hills.
MINASAUKThis waterfall spills from a volcanic crater lake on the China-North Korea border.
CHANGBAIMost of Iguazu Falls' roughly 275 individual cascades lie within this country's national park.
ARGENTINALegend holds that pagan idols were thrown into this Icelandic 'Waterfall of the Gods' around the year 1000.
GODAFOSSHavasu Falls, known for its turquoise pools, is located on tribal land in this southwestern US state.
ARIZONAHigh Force, one of the biggest waterfalls in this country by volume, drops over resistant rock in the Pennines.
ENGLANDConsidered Europe's most powerful waterfall by volume, Dettifoss thunders across this North Atlantic island nation.
ICELANDThis is Estonia's tallest waterfall, cascading over a limestone cliff into the Baltic Sea.
VALASTELocals call Victoria Falls "The _ _ _ _ _ That Thunders," after the mist and roar it produces.
SMOKEThis waterfall on the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, in Ethiopia, is locally called "Tis Issat," meaning "smoking water."
BLUENILENamed after a miner who fell to his death there, this waterfall is deep in the Grand Canyon.
MOONEYOwu Falls, reputed to be one of West Africa's tallest waterfalls, is found in this populous country.
NIGERIAThis waterfall near Mahabaleshwar is among the tallest in India's Western Ghats.
VAJRAIJeongbang Falls is unusual for cascading straight into the sea, on Jeju Island off the coast of South _ _ _ _ _.
KOREAThis sacred 133-meter waterfall in Japan is treated as a Shinto shrine in itself.
NACHINarva Falls forms part of the border between Russia and this small Baltic country.
ESTONIABoth Gocta and Yumbilla Falls, two of the world's tallest, are found in this Andean country.
PERUTalnikovy Falls, among the tallest in this country, is found on the remote Putorana Plateau in Siberia.
RUSSIAThis urban waterfall thunders through the middle of a Washington city that shares its name.
SPOKANEThis 297-meter waterfall drops from a cliff above Switzerland's Lauterbrunnen valley.
STAUBBACHNicknamed 'Little Niagara,' this is Taiwan's widest waterfall.
SHIFENThis waterfall straddling China and Vietnam is Asia's largest transnational waterfall.
DETIANYellowstone Falls plunges into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River in this state.
WYOMINGThis Yosemite waterfall's name is Spanish for 'snowy.'
NEVADAThis waterfall roars on the Kalungwishi River in northern Zambia.
LUMANGWEShifen Falls, sometimes called the "Little Niagara," is a popular waterfall on this island.
TAIWANThis Virginia waterfall is a five-cascade series with the tallest vertical drop of any cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi.
CRABTREENicknamed the 'Niagara of the West,' this Idaho waterfall is taller than Niagara Falls.
SHOSHONEThis Oregon waterfall in Umpqua National Forest drops over a basalt cliff.
WATSONOne of India's tallest waterfalls, it forms on the Sharavathi River in Karnataka.
JOGBrown bears famously catch leaping salmon at this Alaskan waterfall.
BROOKSBerkelah Falls, a popular jungle cascade, is located in this Southeast Asian country.
MALAYSIAKamienczyk Falls, one of this country's tallest, is found in the Karkonosze Mountains near the Czech border.
POLANDKalandula Falls, one of Africa's largest by volume, is located in this former Portuguese colony.
ANGOLAKnown as 'smoking water,' this waterfall lies on Ethiopia's Blue Nile.
TISISATOne of Canada's tallest waterfalls, it flows on Vancouver Island.
DELLAThis 'Golden Falls' on Iceland's Hvita river is one of the country's most visited sights.
GULLFOSSA waterfall nicknamed "the smoking water" in Amharic thunders on the Blue Nile in this East African country.
ETHIOPIAThis is Oregon's tallest waterfall, dropping in two tiers along the Columbia River Gorge.
MULTNOMAHThis major hydroelectric site in Labrador shares its name with a wartime British prime minister.
CHURCHILLThis Icelandic waterfall is reputed to be the most powerful in Europe by volume.
DETTIFOSSThis underground waterfall is a tourist attraction inside a Tennessee cave.
RUBYNamed for a Greek water nymph, this is one of New Hampshire's tallest waterfalls.
ARETHUSANineteenth-century explorers once named this Ugandan waterfall the source of the Nile.
RIPONTwo connected waterfalls straddle a border river between China and this Southeast Asian country.
VIETNAMKhone Phapheng Falls, the widest waterfall in Southeast Asia by some measures, spans the Mekong River in this country.
LAOSOne of Africa's largest waterfalls by volume, it thunders through Angola's Malanje Province.
KALANDULADropping 948 meters in South Africa, this is the continent's tallest waterfall.
TUGELAVictoria Falls plunges 108 meters from the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ River into a narrow gorge.
ZAMBEZITaller than Niagara Falls, Montmorency Falls cascades near the capital of this Canadian province.
QUEBECThis waterfall's name means 'Sea of Milk' in the Indian state of Goa.
DUDHSAGARShoshone Falls drops over the _ _ _ _ _ River in southern Idaho.
SNAKETwice the height of Niagara Falls, this waterfall thunders through Canada's Nahanni National Park.
VIRGINIAThis is one of New Zealand's highest waterfalls, tumbling from Fiordland's cliffs.
BROWNEConsidered continental Europe's largest waterfall by volume in some rankings, this cascade interrupts the _ _ _ _ _ River in Switzerland.
RHINEThis is Australia's tallest permanent single-drop waterfall, in Queensland.
WALLAMANOne of the tallest waterfalls in the United States drops in three cascades inside this California national park.
YOSEMITEHome to dramatic fjord waterfalls like Voringsfossen and Langfoss, this Scandinavian country has hundreds of named falls.
NORWAYThis tiered waterfall flows through Hawaii's remote Waimanu Valley.
WAIHILAUSaint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River powered early industry in this state's largest city, Minneapolis.
MINNESOTAThis waterfall plunges into a canyon in British Columbia's Wells Gray Park.
HELMCKENThis is Georgia's tallest waterfall, its name meaning 'tumbling waters' in Cherokee.
AMICALOLAShoshone Falls, taller than Niagara, thunders on the Snake River in this state.
IDAHOHidden by mist for centuries, this Peruvian waterfall was only measured internationally in 2006.
GOCTAThis is Zimbabwe's tallest waterfall and among Africa's highest.
MUTARAZIJapan's tallest year-round waterfall, it flows in Toyama Prefecture's mountains.
SHOMYOThis is Ukraine's highest waterfall, found in the Crimean Mountains.
UCHANSUThis waterfall on the Big _ _ _ _ _ River gave its name to a South Dakota city.
SIOUXThis is mainland France's highest waterfall, found in the Pyrenees near Spain.
GAVARNIEAt 979 meters, the world's tallest waterfall is found in this South American country.
VENEZUELAOnce the largest waterfall known to have existed, this Washington site is now a dry cliff.
DRYFALLSFor decades this was thought to be Iceland's tallest waterfall, until a taller one was measured in 2011.
GLYMURThis seasonal snowmelt waterfall is Japan's tallest, appearing only in spring.
HANNOKIThis waterfall anchors an Oregon state park famous for its ten waterfalls, and is named for a precious metal.
SILVERThis dramatic Washington state waterfall plunges into a canyon carved by ancient Ice Age floods.
PALOUSEThis waterfall streaks down the slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington.
COMETThe entire Nile squeezes through a narrow gorge at this Ugandan waterfall.
MURCHISONMaletsunyane Falls, a dramatic single drop in the Maloti Mountains, is found in this small mountain kingdom.
LESOTHOAt 979 meters, this Venezuelan waterfall is the tallest in the world.
ANGELThis is Bulgaria's tallest waterfall and the highest in the Balkans.
RAYSKONicknamed the 'Devil's Cauldron,' this Ecuadorian waterfall roars near Banos.
PAILONNgonye Falls churns across the upper Zambezi River well before it reaches Victoria Falls, in this country.
ZAMBIAEdessa Falls, one of the widest waterfalls in the Balkans, tumbles right through the middle of a town in this country.
GREECEAlso located in Peru's Amazonas region, this waterfall ranks among the tallest in South America.
YUMBILLAThis single-drop waterfall in Guyana plunges 226 meters, over four times the height of Niagara.
KAIETEURVisitors can climb alongside Dunn's River Falls as it cascades directly into the Caribbean Sea on this island.
JAMAICAThis waterfall on the Yellow River is China's largest yellow-colored waterfall.
HUKOUThis famous fictional detective was said to have plunged to his death at Switzerland's Reichenbach Falls in an 1893 story.
HOLMESImmortalized in a Longfellow poem, this Minneapolis waterfall's name means 'curling water' in Dakota.
MINNEHAHAThis is one of Sweden's tallest waterfalls, inside Fulufjallet National Park, established in 2002.
NJUPESKARMultnomah Falls, one of the tallest year-round waterfalls in the US, is found in this Pacific Northwest state.
OREGONAt 380 meters, this is Austria's highest waterfall.
KRIMMLMade up of about 275 separate cascades, this waterfall system sits on the Argentina-Brazil border.
IGUAZUThis Namibian waterfall on the Kunene River is ringed by tall Makalani palm trees.
EPUPAGavarnie Falls, one of continental Europe's tallest, drops within a UNESCO-listed cirque in the Pyrenees of this country.
FRANCEThis remote cascade in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, is a candidate for one of Australia's tallest waterfalls.
TINMINEThe Potaro River's biggest single-drop waterfall is found in this small South American country.
GUYANAKrushuna Falls forms a series of turquoise terraced pools in this Balkan country.
BULGARIAThis waterfall lies near Milford Sound in New _ _ _ _ _ _ _, one of the tallest in the Southern Hemisphere.
ZEALANDThis rare California waterfall drops straight onto a beach along the Big Sur coast.
MCWAYThis waterfall spills from a hanging valley in Glacier National Park, Montana; its name is thought to honor Sacagawea.
BIRDWOMANMargoon Waterfall cascades down a canyon wall in the Zagros Mountains of this Middle Eastern country.
IRANKaieteur Falls drops in a single sheer plunge on the _ _ _ _ _ _ River in Guyana.
POTAROTriberg Falls, among this country's highest waterfalls, tumbles through its Black Forest region.
GERMANYFed by glacial meltwater near Osorno Volcano, Petrohue Falls is located in this South American country.
CHILEThe best panoramic view of Iguazu Falls is often had from a walkway on this country's side of the border.
BRAZILOn New Zealand's Waikato River, this powerful, narrow waterfall is one of the country's most-visited natural sites.
HUKAThis waterfall on the slopes of Maine's highest mountain is often billed as the state's tallest, though its height is unofficial.
KATAHDINThis river tumbles over Great Falls just upstream from Washington, D.C.
POTOMACOne of the tallest single-drop waterfalls in North America, it flows only seasonally in Yosemite.
RIBBONIcelandic folklore says a hidden treasure chest lies behind this famous waterfall.
SKOGAFOSSThis famous waterfall system on the US-Canada border has the highest flow rate in North America.
NIAGARABarron Falls plunges into a gorge near the city of Cairns in this country's tropical north.
AUSTRALIANicknamed the "Niagara of the South," Cumberland Falls is located in this state.
KENTUCKYPowerscourt Waterfall, this country's tallest, cascades within a large estate south of Dublin.
IRELANDReaching this remote waterfall in British Columbia requires a long hike or a floatplane.
HUNLENDuden Falls empties dramatically into the Mediterranean Sea near the resort city of Antalya in this country.
TURKEYThis Chilean waterfall churns through volcanic rock near Osorno Volcano.
PETROHUEFamous for its strikingly blue-green pools, this waterfall lies on tribal land in a remote canyon in Arizona.
HAVASUAt 235 meters, this waterfall on the Zambia-Tanzania border is one of Africa's tallest.
KALAMBONohkalikai Falls, the tallest plunge waterfall in this South Asian country, is found in the state of Meghalaya.
INDIAEpupa Falls spreads across the Kunene River on the border of Angola and this southern African country.
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