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This is a list of waterfalls of the world by continent. See also List of waterfalls by height, List of waterfalls by flow rate and List of waterfalls by type.

Africa

Ouzoud Falls, Morocco
File:Victoria Falls Zambezi.jpg
Victoria Falls / Mosi-oa-Tunya, bordering the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Angola

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Central African Republic

Chad

Ethiopia

Gabon

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Lesotho

Libya

Madagascar

Mali

Morocco

Namibia

South Africa

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Eurasia

Asia

Huangguoshu Falls, China

Bangladesh

Cambodia

China

Hong Kong

East Timor

India

Jog Falls during Monsoon

Indonesia

Iran

Japan

  • Fukuroda Falls - 120 m (390 ft)
  • Hannoki Falls - The tallest falls in Japan, 497 m (1,631 ft); Only flows from April to July.
  • Kegon Falls - 97 m (318 ft) infamous for suicides
  • Nachi Falls - Well known falls in Japan, 133 m (436 ft)
  • Nunobiki Falls - 120 m (390 ft) in four cascades, of great cultural significance, considered a meisho, or "famous site"
  • Shindō Falls - 83 m (272 ft) high, and, after rain, large in volume
  • Shōmyō Falls - The tallest year-round waterfall in Japan, at 349 m (1,145 ft)

Korea

The first two falls of Cheonjeyeon Waterfall, South Korea

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Malaysia

Mongolia

  • Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall - 20 m drop. On a tributary of the Orkhon River.

Philippines

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Vietnam

Europe

Dettifoss in northern Iceland. Considered to be the most powerful in Europe

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech republic

The highest waterfall in the Czech republic - Pančava waterfall.

Estonia

Finland

Pihtsusköngäs is one of the most powerful waterfalls in Finland.
Hepoköngäs, Finland

France

Germany

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Republic of Macedonia

Korab Waterfall, Republic of Macedonia

Norway

Vøringsfossen, Norway

Poland

Portugal

  • Cascata da Ribeira Grande (Fajãzinha, Azores) - 300 m (tallest of around 20 waterfalls at this location, some falling into the sea)
  • Cascata de Fisgas do Ermelo - 200 m
  • Cascata do Poço do Bacalhau (Fajã Grande) - 90 m
  • Frecha da Mizarela - 75 m
  • Água Cai d`Alto - 60 m
  • Faia da Água Alta - 35 m
  • Pitões das Júnias - 30+ m
  • Peneda - 30 m
  • Cascata das 25 Fontes (25 Fontes Falls) (Madeira) - 30 m
  • Cabreia - 25 m
  • Pulo do Lobo - 20+ m
  • Fraga da Pena - 20 m
  • Açude de Valverde - 6+ m
  • Vale do Muro - S. Jorge da Beira - 4,23 m

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

The Rhine Falls, largest in Europe

Turkey

United Kingdom

England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales

Ukraine

North America

Belize

Canada

Niagara Falls

Costa Rica

Greenland

Guatemala

Guadeloupe

Jamaica

Mexico

Saint Lucia

United States

Havasu Falls, Arizona
American Falls, New York

Alaska

Alabama

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Colorado

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Kentucky

Maryland

Massachusetts

  • Bash Bish Falls - 61 m (200 ft), The falls are made up of a series of cascades with the final cascade being split into twin falls by a jutting rock, dropping in an 80-foot (24 m) "V" over boulders to a serene pool below.

Michigan

Minnesota

Montana

New Hampshire

Amoskeag Falls, New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Oregon

There are hundreds of waterfalls in Oregon. Some of the more notable include:

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Utah

Virginia

  • Cascades - 69 ft (21 m), this waterfall is near Pembroke in Giles County; the creek, Little Stony, originates in Mountain Lake and flows into the New River
  • 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

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Oceania

Australia

Apsley Falls, Walcha, New South Wales

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Jim Jim Falls during the wet season, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
Wallaman Falls, Queensland

Queensland

Tasmania

Victoria

Hopetoun Falls, Victoria, Australia

Hawaiian Islands

Akaka Falls, Hawaii

New Zealand

French Polynesia

Tahiti

South America

Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil.
Laja Falls, Chile
Gocta Waterfall, in Peru

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Venezuela

See also

References