49 Incredible Waterfalls From Around The World

Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens slowly, while downstream the erosion occurs more rapidly. As the watercourse increases its velocity at the edge of the waterfall, it plucks material from the riverbed. Whirlpools created in the turbulence as well as sand and stones carried by the watercourse increase the erosion capacity. This causes the waterfall to carve deeper into the bed and to recede upstream. Often over time, the waterfall will recede back to form a canyon or gorge downstream as it recedes upstream, and it will carve deeper into the ridge above it. The rate of retreat for a waterfall can be as high as one and half meters per year.

1 | Multnomah Falls, Oregon

2 | Elakala Waterfalls, West Virginia

3 | Niagara Falls, USA/Canada

4 | Nohkalikai Falls, India

5 | Huangguoshu Waterfall, China

6 | Selijalandsfoss Waterfall, ICeland

7 | Yellowstone Falls, Wyoming

8 | Cascata Delle Marmore, Italy

9 | Silverthread Falls, Pennsylvania

10 | South Falls, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

11 | Tad Sae Waterfall, Laos

12 | Barron Falls, Australia

13 | Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite, California

14 | Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

15 | Basaseachic Falls, Mexico

16 | Salto Grande Cascades, Chile

17 | Palouse Falls, Washington

18 | Takakkaw Fall,s Canada

19 | Sutherland Falls, NZ

20 | Angel Falls, Venzuela 21 | Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil

22 | Gullfoss Waterfall, Iceland

23 | Wall of Tears, Hawaii

24 | Yinlinanzhuitan Waterfall, China

25 | Kaieteur Falls, Guyana

26 | Baatara Gorge Waterfall, Lebanon

27 | Huka Falls, New Zealand

28 | Plitvice Lakes Waterfall, Croatia

29 | Tegenungan Waterfall, Bali

30 | Yosemite Falls, California

31 | Jog Falls, India

32 | Ventisquero Colgante Falls, Chile

33 | Wallaman Falls, Australia

34 | Voringfossen Waterfall, Norway

35 | Athirapally Waterfalls, India

36 | El Chiflon, Mexico

37 | Tad Fane, Waterfalls, Laos

38 | Sunwapta Falls, Canada

39 | Dettifoss, Iceland

40 | Ban Gioc Detian Waterfalls, Vietnam

41 | High Falls, NY

42 | Augrabies Falls, South America

43 | Barehipani Falls, India

44 | Dudhsagar falls, India

45 | Cascade Blanche, Reunion Island

46 | Taughannock Falls, New York

47 | Giessbach Falls, Swiss

48 | Havasu Canyon Falls, Arizona

49 | Maletsunyane Falls, Lesotho

The original article appeared in (Distractify.com)

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