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Bolinas, California
Alamere Falls
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
Hrabušice, Slovakia
Sokolia Dolina Gorge
Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.
Hebron, New Hampshire
Sculptured Rocks
This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.
Wellington, Kentucky
Broke Leg Falls
Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.
Provincia de BongarĂ¡, Peru
Yumbilla Falls
The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.
Marmore, Italy
Cascata delle Marmore (Marmore Falls)
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Québec
Les Chutes du $5
The falls were named for the mistaken idea that they were the ones pictured on the Canadian $5 bill.
waterfalls
Watch Ophelia's Winds Send a Cumbrian Waterfall Into the Sky
Another strange effect of a profoundly strange storm.
Kuldīga, Latvia
The Venta Rapid
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
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An Ill-Timed Sewage Release Turned the Water Around Niagara Falls Black
"It looked like something out of a sci-fi movie," one spectator said.
Oman
Snake Canyon
Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.
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Yosemite's Waterfalls Are Back and Everyone Loves It
Serious snowmelt is leading to serious sightseers.
Alamada, Philippines
Asik-Asik Falls
This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.
Réunion
Trou de Fer (The Iron Hole)
At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.
Harmony, Minnesota
Niagara Cave
This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.
FlĂ¥m, Norway
FlĂ¥msbana (FlĂ¥m Railway)
One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.
Provincia de BongarĂ¡, Peru
Gocta Waterfall
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
Iceland
Gullfoss (Golden Falls)
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
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