Waterwheel Falls
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 Waterwheel Falls |
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| Location | Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
Waterwheel Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California, located at 37°55′36″N 119°27′31″W / 37.92667°N 119.45861°W in Yosemite National Park. It is the largest of the many waterfalls of the Tuolumne River. Its upper part contains a series of small ledges, each of which creates a small plume as the water is deflected away from the rock face. An extraordinary phenomenon appears at the first and largest of these ledges during the high-water season of early summer. Strong gusts of wind can lift part of the spray and blow it back upward, causing it to reenter the falls above the ledge.[1] This cyclic "waterwheel" gives the falls their name.
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