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List of waterfalls by flow rate

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Extant, rapids and submerged waterfalls

Waterfall Mean annual flow rate (m³/s) Tallest single drop (m) Width (m) River Country or Countries
Boyoma Falls 17,000[1] (estm) 5[1] 1372[1] Lualaba Democratic Republic of the Congo
Guaíra Falls (submerged) 13,300[2] 40 Parana Paraguay and Brazil
Khone Phapheng Falls 11,610[1] 21 [1] 10783[1] Mekong Laos
Celilo Falls (submerged) 5415[1] 7[1] 3219[1] Columbia United States
Niagara Falls 2407[1] 51[1] 1203[1] Niagara Canada and the United States
Iguazú Falls 1746[1] 82[1] 2700[1] Iguazú Argentina and Brazil
Victoria 1088 [1] 108[1] 1708[1] Zambezi Zimbabwe and Zambia
Kootenai Falls 310[3] Kootenay United States

Prehistoric waterfalls

Waterfall Maximum daily flow rate (m³/s) Tallest single drop (m) Width (m) River Country or Countries
Dry Falls 1,906,000[4] 350 4828 Columbia United States
Bosphorus (Black Sea deluge hypothesis) 482,407[5] 80 Bosphorus Strait Modern Turkey

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r World Waterfalls Website accessed 15 November 2013
  2. ^ "Guaíra, Salto del at the World Waterfall Database". Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  3. ^ http://www.realty-northwest.com/exploringmontana/kootenai-falls.htm
  4. ^ The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington, United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2012-03-15
  5. ^ Ryan, W.B.F.; Pitman III, W.C., et al. 1997. An abrupt drowning of the Black Sea shelf. Marine Geology, 138: 119–126.