What is the worlds highest waterfall?

Question

Please supplement your answers with references.

Answer 1

I think it's the Angel Falls, in Venezuala, assuming you're meaning the greatest drop.

Answer 2

Highest waterfalls of the world
WATERFALLS WITH THE HEIGHT ABOVE 300 M


In the list there are included waterfalls with the height above 300 meters.


1. Salto Angel, (Salto Churún Merú)
Country: Venezuela
Location: Canaima National park
River: Gauja (Rio Gauya), tributary of Rio Churún. The last in turn is tributary of Rio Caroni. The name - Gauja - to the river has been given by Latvian Alejandro Laime, who was the first to reach this waterfall by land. The other Gauja river is located in Latvia - in fact it is among the most beautiful rivers of Latvia. Often there is made mistake by telling that this waterfall is on Rio Churún.
Height: 979 m
Other information: At the lower part the waterfall is 150 m wide. Europeans discovered the waterfall in 1935. Waterfalls is named after James Angel - American adventurer, who had to make an emergency landing with his plane nearby in 1937. Tugelas waterfall
2. Tugela Falls
Country: South Africa
Location: Natal National Park
River: Tugela River
Height: 850 m (948 m (Encyclopædia Britannica))
Other information: Cascade of waterfalls. River falls from Drakensberg plateau.
Links: Look at the image at the bottom of this page . Another, very slow page - there is picture of this waterfall as well.
3. Utigord Falls (Utigordsfoss)
Country: Norway
River: Glacier stream
Height: 800 m
4. Monge Falls (Mongefoss)
Country: Norway
Location: Marstein
River: Mongebeck
Height: 774 m

Answer 3

Angel Waterfalls

Twice the height of the Empire State building, fifteen times the height of Niagara Falls, the world's highest waterfall plunges 3,212 feet from the top of the massive Auyantepui to the dense jungle below. This remote area became known in 1935 when Jimmy Angel, an American bush pilot in search of diamonds and gold, discovered instead something more fantastic: one of the wonders of the world.

Surrounded by remarkable wilderness, scenic beauty, varied ecosystems, and majestic rivers of the Canaima National Park, Angel Falls is Venezuela's most widely known destination.

Answer 4

The Natives in Venezuela had known about the "Salto Angel" since the beginning of time. Then United States pilot Jimmie Angel was flying over the area in 1935 when he landed on the top of a lone mountain in search of gold. His plane got stuck in the boggy jungle on top of the mountain and he noticed a pretty impressive waterfall plunging thousands of feet down. He wasn't too happy about the 11 mile hike back to civilization, and his plane remained stuck and rusting upon the mountain as a monument to his discovery. Soon the whole world would know about the falls, which came to be known as Angel Falls, after the pilot who "discovered" them.

Answer 5

Angel Falls (Salto Angel) in Canaima National Park, Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world at 3212 ft (979 m).

Answer 6

Angel Falls, the world's highest at 979 m (3212 ft), in Venezuela. It is located on the Auyan Tepui river. The river that culminates in the drop is the Kerepakupay, in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

Answer 7

Angel Falls, the world's highest at 979 m (3212 ft), in Venezuela

More interesting facts :

Tugela Falls, the world's second highest at 947 m (3110 ft), in KwaZulu-Natal province, Republic of South Africa.

Ramnefjellsfossen, the world's third highest at 808m (2685 ft), at Stryn, Nesdalen, Norway.

Victoria Falls, the world's widest, on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe

Boyoma Falls, with the world's highest volume, 17,000 m³/s (600,000 ft³/s), on the Congo River, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gocta, the fifth highest in the world at 771 m (2533 ft), located in the province Chachapoyas, Peru

Yosemite Falls, arguably the tallest in North America, located in Yosemite National Park, United States

Niagara Falls, most voluminous in North America, on the border between the United States and Canada

Rhine Falls, Europe's largest, located in Switzerland

Iguazu Falls, a tall and extremely wide fall located in South America on the Argentina/Brazil border

Jog Falls, India's highest and second highest in Asia, located in Karnataka state, India

Jurong Falls in Singapore is said to be the tallest man-made waterfall in the world

Answer 8

Niagara is nowhere close to the highest. It's Angel Falls in Venezuela.

Answer 9

Angel Falls, Venezuala.

Answer 10

Angel falls