Cataract (disambiguation)

A cataract is an opacity in the lens of the eye or its capsule.

Cataract also may refer to:

• Cataract, any large, powerful waterfall
• Cataract (beam engine), governor used for early steam engines
• Jehu (or John) O'Cataract, two pen names for John Neal (1793-1876)
• Shawinigan Cataractes, ice-hockey team

Places

• Cataract Gorge, river gorge on Tasmania, off Australia

Egypt

• Cataracts of the Nile
• Old Cataract Hotel, a hotel in Aswan, Egypt

Canada

• Cataract, Ontario

United States

• Cataract, Indiana
• Cataract, Wisconsin
• Cataract Canyon, a 46-mile-long canyon on the Colorado River in Utah

Music

Performing groups

• The Cataracs, Berkeley, California hip hop duo
• Cataract (band), European metalcore band from Switzerland

Works

• Cataract (Cataract album), by the eponymous band
• Songs:
  • "Cataract," by Sparta on album Wiretap Scars (2002)
  • "Cataracts", by Andrew Bird on album Armchair Apocrypha (2007)