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One of Scotland's tallest waterfalls thunders near Glen Nevis.
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Shifen Falls, sometimes called the "Little Niagara," is a popular waterfall on this island.
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This Oregon waterfall in Umpqua National Forest drops over a basalt cliff.
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Eas a' Chual Aluinn, one of Britain's tallest waterfalls, plunges into a remote glen in this part of the UK.
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This waterfall roars on the Kalungwishi River in northern Zambia.
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This is the Faroe Islands' highest waterfall.
FOSSALocals call Victoria Falls "The _ _ _ _ _ That Thunders," after the mist and roar it produces.
SMOKELocated on Molokai's sea cliffs, this is the tallest waterfall in the United States.
OLOUPENAThis waterfall spills from a volcanic crater lake on the China-North Korea border.
CHANGBAIThis waterfall straddling China and Vietnam is Asia's largest transnational waterfall.
DETIANNjupeskar, the tallest waterfall in this Scandinavian country, lies within a national park.
SWEDENImmortalized in a Longfellow poem, this Minneapolis waterfall's name means 'curling water' in Dakota.
MINNEHAHAOne of the tallest waterfalls in the United States drops in three cascades inside this California national park.
YOSEMITENineteenth-century explorers once named this Ugandan waterfall the source of the Nile.
RIPONThis is Germany's tallest waterfall, located near the Austrian border.
ROTHBACHThis Namibian waterfall on the Kunene River is ringed by tall Makalani palm trees.
EPUPAThis is one of Sweden's tallest waterfalls, inside Fulufjallet National Park, established in 2002.
NJUPESKARNiagara Falls sits on the border between the United States and this country.
CANADASaint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River powered early industry in this state's largest city, Minneapolis.
MINNESOTAUlaan Tsutgalan, sometimes called the "Red Waterfall," is a popular natural landmark in this Central Asian country.
MONGOLIAThis waterfall in China's Guizhou province belongs to the same falls system as Huangguoshu.
DALONGQIUFall Creek Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in the eastern US, is found in this southern state.
TENNESSEEConsidered Europe's most powerful waterfall by volume, Dettifoss thunders across this North Atlantic island nation.
ICELANDThis waterfall streaks down the slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington.
COMETKaieteur Falls drops in a single sheer plunge on the _ _ _ _ _ _ River in Guyana.
POTAROThis waterfall spills from a hanging valley in Glacier National Park, Montana; its name is thought to honor Sacagawea.
BIRDWOMANAt 380 meters, this is Austria's highest waterfall.
KRIMMLNicknamed the 'Devil's Cauldron,' this Ecuadorian waterfall roars near Banos.
PAILONTriberg Falls, among this country's highest waterfalls, tumbles through its Black Forest region.
GERMANYThis single-drop waterfall in Guyana plunges 226 meters, over four times the height of Niagara.
KAIETEURThis urban waterfall thunders through the middle of a Washington city that shares its name.
SPOKANEThis Virginia waterfall is a five-cascade series with the tallest vertical drop of any cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi.
CRABTREENear the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Kalambo Falls ranks among Africa's tallest, in this East African country.
TANZANIAHigh Force, one of the biggest waterfalls in this country by volume, drops over resistant rock in the Pennines.
ENGLANDBrown bears famously catch leaping salmon at this Alaskan waterfall.
BROOKSThis remote cascade in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, is a candidate for one of Australia's tallest waterfalls.
TINMINERainbows often form in the mist of this 110-meter waterfall in Morocco's Atlas Mountains.
OUZOUDAlso located in Peru's Amazonas region, this waterfall ranks among the tallest in South America.
YUMBILLAMutarazi Falls, one of Africa's tallest, drops in two tiers within a national park in this southern African country.
ZIMBABWEHavasu Falls, known for its turquoise pools, is located on tribal land in this southwestern US state.
ARIZONAThis rare California waterfall drops straight onto a beach along the Big Sur coast.
MCWAYFed by glacial meltwater near Osorno Volcano, Petrohue Falls is located in this South American country.
CHILEOne of Canada's tallest waterfalls, it flows on Vancouver Island.
DELLAKnown as 'smoking water,' this waterfall lies on Ethiopia's Blue Nile.
TISISATThis 297-meter waterfall drops from a cliff above Switzerland's Lauterbrunnen valley.
STAUBBACHJapan's tallest year-round waterfall, it flows in Toyama Prefecture's mountains.
SHOMYONicknamed the 'Niagara of the West,' this Idaho waterfall is taller than Niagara Falls.
SHOSHONEKnown for its long cascading spout, this is England's highest waterfall.
CAUTLEYThis underground waterfall is a tourist attraction inside a Tennessee cave.
RUBYNicknamed 'Little Niagara,' this is Taiwan's widest waterfall.
SHIFENMaletsunyane Falls, a dramatic single drop in the Maloti Mountains, is found in this small mountain kingdom.
LESOTHOThis is mainland France's highest waterfall, found in the Pyrenees near Spain.
GAVARNIEThe best panoramic view of Iguazu Falls is often had from a walkway on this country's side of the border.
BRAZILThis Chilean waterfall churns through volcanic rock near Osorno Volcano.
PETROHUEThis sacred 133-meter waterfall in Japan is treated as a Shinto shrine in itself.
NACHIDuden Falls empties dramatically into the Mediterranean Sea near the resort city of Antalya in this country.
TURKEYThis is Georgia's tallest waterfall, its name meaning 'tumbling waters' in Cherokee.
AMICALOLAOn New Zealand's Waikato River, this powerful, narrow waterfall is one of the country's most-visited natural sites.
HUKALegend holds that pagan idols were thrown into this Icelandic 'Waterfall of the Gods' around the year 1000.
GODAFOSSThis famous fictional detective was said to have plunged to his death at Switzerland's Reichenbach Falls in an 1893 story.
HOLMESThis river tumbles over Great Falls just upstream from Washington, D.C.
POTOMACThis waterfall sits on the Kunene River, the border between Angola and Namibia.
RUACANAYellowstone Falls plunges into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River in this state.
WYOMINGKnown as the 'Niagara of Chile,' this waterfall roars through the Biobio region of central Chile.
LAJAHidden by mist for centuries, this Peruvian waterfall was only measured internationally in 2006.
GOCTAThis waterfall lies near Milford Sound in New _ _ _ _ _ _ _, one of the tallest in the Southern Hemisphere.
ZEALANDTalnikovy Falls, among the tallest in this country, is found on the remote Putorana Plateau in Siberia.
RUSSIAThis is Bulgaria's tallest waterfall and the highest in the Balkans.
RAYSKOEpupa Falls spreads across the Kunene River on the border of Angola and this southern African country.
NAMIBIAThis North Carolina waterfall plunges into a gorge nicknamed the 'Grand Canyon of the East.'
LINVILLEGullfoss means "_ _ _ _ _ _ Falls" in Icelandic, though the water itself isn't literally that color.
GOLDENAt 979 meters, this Venezuelan waterfall is the tallest in the world.
ANGELNamed after a miner who fell to his death there, this waterfall is deep in the Grand Canyon.
MOONEYBarron Falls plunges into a gorge near the city of Cairns in this country's tropical north.
AUSTRALIARainbow mist often rises where Ouzoud Falls drops over 100 meters in this North African country.
MOROCCOTaller than Niagara Falls, Montmorency Falls cascades near the capital of this Canadian province.
QUEBECTahquamenon Falls, one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River, is located in this state's Upper Peninsula.
MICHIGANThis waterfall drops in stages down a remote Hawaiian sea cliff on Molokai.
KAHIWAShoshone Falls, taller than Niagara, thunders on the Snake River in this state.
IDAHOOnce named for a colonial explorer, this Congo River waterfall has the world's highest flow rate.
BOYOMAHenrhyd Falls, used as a filming location for a Batman movie's cave entrance, is found in this part of the UK.
WALESIts Cree-derived name means 'it is wonderful' -- this is one of Canada's tallest waterfalls, in Yoho National Park.
TAKAKKAWNamed for its curved shape, this section carries most of Niagara's water on the Canadian side.
HORSESHOEThis 78-meter waterfall in Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia's tallest.
VELIKIThe entire Nile squeezes through a narrow gorge at this Ugandan waterfall.
MURCHISONStraddling the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, this waterfall on the Zambezi River is over a mile wide.
VICTORIAOne of India's tallest waterfalls, it forms on the Sharavathi River in Karnataka.
JOGThis 'Golden Falls' on Iceland's Hvita river is one of the country's most visited sights.
GULLFOSSKhone Phapheng Falls forms a wide, turbulent barrier across the _ _ _ _ _ _ River near the Cambodian border.
MEKONGKamienczyk Falls, one of this country's tallest, is found in the Karkonosze Mountains near the Czech border.
POLANDThis waterfall on the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, in Ethiopia, is locally called "Tis Issat," meaning "smoking water."
BLUENILEMurchison Falls squeezes the entire Nile River through a gap just 7 meters wide, in this East African country.
UGANDAThis Yosemite waterfall pairs a wedding item with 'Fall': Bridal _ _ _ _.
VEILKrimml Falls, fed by glacial meltwater, is the tallest waterfall in this Alpine country.
AUSTRIAAt 105 meters, this waterfall in Gilan Province is widely considered the tallest in Iran.
LATONThe Potaro River's biggest single-drop waterfall is found in this small South American country.
GUYANAMultnomah Falls, one of the tallest year-round waterfalls in the US, is found in this Pacific Northwest state.
OREGONThis waterfall near Mahabaleshwar is among the tallest in India's Western Ghats.
VAJRAIThis dramatic Washington state waterfall plunges into a canyon carved by ancient Ice Age floods.
PALOUSEOne of Africa's largest waterfalls by volume, it thunders through Angola's Malanje Province.
KALANDULAThis Oregon waterfall's name means 'graceful' in a local Native American language.
TOKETEEThis waterfall on the Yellow River is China's largest yellow-colored waterfall.
HUKOUBerkelah Falls, a popular jungle cascade, is located in this Southeast Asian country.
MALAYSIAShoshone Falls drops over the _ _ _ _ _ River in southern Idaho.
SNAKEEdessa Falls, one of the widest waterfalls in the Balkans, tumbles right through the middle of a town in this country.
GREECESixteen turquoise lakes connected by cascading waterfalls make up this country's Plitvice Lakes National Park.
CROATIAOnce the largest waterfall known to have existed, this Washington site is now a dry cliff.
DRYFALLSGavarnie Falls, one of continental Europe's tallest, drops within a UNESCO-listed cirque in the Pyrenees of this country.
FRANCEFamous for its strikingly blue-green pools, this waterfall lies on tribal land in a remote canyon in Arizona.
HAVASUThis is Slovenia's tallest waterfall, found near Bovec in the Soca valley.
BOKAThis famous waterfall system on the US-Canada border has the highest flow rate in North America.
NIAGARAThis Yosemite waterfall's name is Spanish for 'snowy.'
NEVADAThis waterfall on the slopes of Maine's highest mountain is often billed as the state's tallest, though its height is unofficial.
KATAHDINKhone Phapheng Falls, the widest waterfall in Southeast Asia by some measures, spans the Mekong River in this country.
LAOSThis waterfall plunges into a canyon in British Columbia's Wells Gray Park.
HELMCKENNohkalikai Falls, the tallest plunge waterfall in this South Asian country, is found in the state of Meghalaya.
INDIAAt 235 meters, this waterfall on the Zambia-Tanzania border is one of Africa's tallest.
KALAMBOThis waterfall anchors an Oregon state park famous for its ten waterfalls, and is named for a precious metal.
SILVERMade up of about 275 separate cascades, this waterfall system sits on the Argentina-Brazil border.
IGUAZUBoth Gocta and Yumbilla Falls, two of the world's tallest, are found in this Andean country.
PERUThis waterfall's name means 'Sea of Milk' in the Indian state of Goa.
DUDHSAGARThis is Oregon's tallest waterfall, dropping in two tiers along the Columbia River Gorge.
MULTNOMAHReaching this remote waterfall in British Columbia requires a long hike or a floatplane.
HUNLENBoyoma Falls, among the highest-volume waterfalls on Earth, interrupts a major river in this Central African country.
CONGOA waterfall nicknamed "the smoking water" in Amharic thunders on the Blue Nile in this East African country.
ETHIOPIAKegon Falls, framed by autumn foliage near the town of Nikko, is a popular sightseeing spot in this country.
JAPANKalandula Falls, one of Africa's largest by volume, is located in this former Portuguese colony.
ANGOLAThis is North Macedonia's tallest waterfall.
SMOLARENicknamed the "Niagara of the South," Cumberland Falls is located in this state.
KENTUCKYThis is Missouri's tallest waterfall, found in the Ozark hills.
MINASAUKMonday Falls, near the famous Iguazu system, is found in this small South American country.
PARAGUAYThis is Zimbabwe's tallest waterfall and among Africa's highest.
MUTARAZIJeongbang Falls is unusual for cascading straight into the sea, on Jeju Island off the coast of South _ _ _ _ _.
KOREAThis is one of New Zealand's highest waterfalls, tumbling from Fiordland's cliffs.
BROWNEThis is the North Island of New Zealand's highest waterfall.
WAIREREDiyaluma, the second-tallest waterfall on this island nation, tumbles beside a natural infinity pool.
SRILANKAThis South African waterfall drops into a valley long linked with local legend.
HOWICKTwice the height of Niagara Falls, this waterfall thunders through Canada's Nahanni National Park.
VIRGINIAThis major hydroelectric site in Labrador shares its name with a wartime British prime minister.
CHURCHILLThis is the Czech Republic's tallest waterfall, found in the Krkonose Mountains.
PANCAVSKYConsidered continental Europe's largest waterfall by volume in some rankings, this cascade interrupts the _ _ _ _ _ River in Switzerland.
RHINEThese falls in the Black Forest are among Germany's highest waterfalls.
TRIBERGKrushuna Falls forms a series of turquoise terraced pools in this Balkan country.
BULGARIAThis Icelandic waterfall is reputed to be the most powerful in Europe by volume.
DETTIFOSSNamed for a Greek water nymph, this is one of New Hampshire's tallest waterfalls.
ARETHUSAMargoon Waterfall cascades down a canyon wall in the Zagros Mountains of this Middle Eastern country.
IRANThis South African waterfall's name means 'place of great noise' on the Orange River.
AUGRABIESThis is Estonia's tallest waterfall, cascading over a limestone cliff into the Baltic Sea.
VALASTETwo connected waterfalls straddle a border river between China and this Southeast Asian country.
VIETNAMDropping 948 meters in South Africa, this is the continent's tallest waterfall.
TUGELAAt 979 meters, the world's tallest waterfall is found in this South American country.
VENEZUELAOne of the tallest single-drop waterfalls in North America, it flows only seasonally in Yosemite.
RIBBONThis seasonal snowmelt waterfall is Japan's tallest, appearing only in spring.
HANNOKIThis waterfall on the Big _ _ _ _ _ River gave its name to a South Dakota city.
SIOUXJust outside Bogota, Tequendama Falls drops over 130 meters in this Andean country.
COLOMBIAHome to dramatic fjord waterfalls like Voringsfossen and Langfoss, this Scandinavian country has hundreds of named falls.
NORWAYMost of Iguazu Falls' roughly 275 individual cascades lie within this country's national park.
ARGENTINAVictoria Falls plunges 108 meters from the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ River into a narrow gorge.
ZAMBEZIFor decades this was thought to be Iceland's tallest waterfall, until a taller one was measured in 2011.
GLYMURNarva Falls forms part of the border between Russia and this small Baltic country.
ESTONIAPowerscourt Waterfall, this country's tallest, cascades within a large estate south of Dublin.
IRELANDOwu Falls, reputed to be one of West Africa's tallest waterfalls, is found in this populous country.
NIGERIAThe Iguazu River is itself a tributary that joins the _ _ _ _ _ _ River not far downstream of the falls.
PARANABest known for a cave that lets visitors walk behind the falling water, Huangguoshu Falls is located in this country.
CHINAOne of Wales's most-visited waterfalls, near Betws-y-Coed; its English name comes from a bird whose tail the divided flow resembles.
SWALLOWNgonye Falls churns across the upper Zambezi River well before it reaches Victoria Falls, in this country.
ZAMBIAIcelandic folklore says a hidden treasure chest lies behind this famous waterfall.
SKOGAFOSSThis is Australia's tallest permanent single-drop waterfall, in Queensland.
WALLAMANThis is Ukraine's highest waterfall, found in the Crimean Mountains.
UCHANSUVisitors can climb alongside Dunn's River Falls as it cascades directly into the Caribbean Sea on this island.
JAMAICAThis tiered waterfall flows through Hawaii's remote Waimanu Valley.
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