Waterfalls

Waterfalls around the world:
Longest - Bridal Veil Falls, California
Highest - Angel Falls, Venezuela
Widest - Khone Falls, Laos (10 783 m) (Victoria Falls = 1707 m)
Greatest Volume - Inga Falls, DRC (25 678 m3/s average = 10 x Niagara; ~20 x Victoria)
Panoramic - Victoria Falls (1708m wide, 100m high)
Highest cascade - Tugela Falls, Drakensberg (950m in 5 cascades)

Largest sheet of falling water - Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls has the biggest falling curtain of water in the world. It is 1.7km wide, with a single drop of 108m. However, it is not the highest and not the widest, but it is the largest sheet of falling water.

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The Big Three Waterfalls

                       Victoria            Niagara            Iguazu
Height                  108m                51m               64-82m (2 drops: biggest and total)
Width                  1700m               1203m              2700m
Mean annual flow rate  1088m3/s            2407m3/s           1746m3/s
Highest recorded flow 12600m3/s            8269m3/s          12800m3/s
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls

Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls


Tallest Waterfalls
                                                                   Height    Tallest drop
1.  Tugela Falls, South Africa                                       948m         411m
2.  Mattenbach falle, Berne, Switzerland                             930m
3.  Cataratas las Tres Hermanas (Three Sisters Falls), Junin, Peru   914m
4.  Olo'upena Falls, Hawaii, USA                                     900m
5.  Catarata Yumbilla, Amazonas, Peru                                896m
6.  Skorga, Norway                                                   875m
7.  Vinnufallen, Norway                                              845m
8.  Pu'uka'oku Falls, Hawaii, USA                                    840m
9.  James Bruce Falls, BC, Canada                                    840m
10. Browne Falls, Southland, New Zealand                             836m
...
13. Kerepakupai Meru (Angel Falls), Bolivar, Venezuela               807m         807m (tallest drop)
20. Johannesburg Falls Washington, USA                               751m         244m
25. Yosemite Falls, CA, USA                                          739m         436m
60. Ndedema Falls, South Africa                                      610m
140.Mutarazi Falls, Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe                      479m         479m
538.Pungwe Falls, Nyanga, Zimbabwe                                   243m
867.Marmore Falls, Umbria, Italy                                     165m          80m (3 drops)
...
    Howick Falls, South Africa                                        95m
    Berlin Falls, Mpumalanga, South Africa                            80m
    Elands River Falls, Waterval Boven, Mpumalanga, SA                75m          75m
    Mac Mac Falls, Mpumalanga, South Africa                           65m
    Augrabies Falls, South Africa                                     60m

See https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com

Angel Falls
Angel Falls

Tugela Falls
Tugela Falls


Augrabies Falls
Augrabies Falls


Marmore Falls
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Lakes

Lake Malawi Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi

Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Largest Lakes by Surface Area
1. Caspian Sea - Asia - 371 000 km2 (* saltwater)
2. Lake Superior - North America - 82 100 km2
3. Lake Victoria - Africa - 68 800 km2
4. Lake Huron - North America - 59 600 km2
5. Lake Michigan - North America - 57 800 km2
6. Lake Tanganyika - Africa - 32 900 km2
7. Lake Baikal - Asia - 30 500 km2
8. Great Bear Lake - North America - 31 328 km2
9. Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) - Africa - 30 044 km2
10. Great Slave Lake - North America - 28 568 km2
11. Lake Erie - 25 700 km2
12. Lake Winnipeg - 23 600 km2
13. Lake Ontario - 19 500 km2
14. Lake Balkhash - 18 400 km2
15. Lake Ladoga - 18 100 km2
16. Lake Vostok - 15 700 km2
17. Lake Onega - 9 900 km2
18. Lake Titicaca - 8 100 km2


Lake Fundudzi is largest lake in South Africa (Soutpansberg,Limpopo province, between Thohoyandou and Louis Trichardt)


Largest Lakes by Volume
0. Caspian Sea 78 700 km3 saltwater
1. Lake Baikal - Asia 23 600 km3
(approximately 20% of Earth's fresh surface water)
2. Lake Tanganyika- Africa - 18 900 km3
3. Lake Superior - North America - 11 600 km3
4. Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) - Africa - 7725 km3
5. Lake Michigan - North America - 4900 km3
6. Lake Huron - North America - 3540 km3
7. Lake Victoria - Africa - 2700 km3
8. Great Bear Lake - North America - 2236 km3
9. Issyk-Kul (Ysyk-Kol) - Asia - 1730 km3
10. Lake Ontario - North America - 1710 km3


Deepest Lakes in the World
1. Lake Baikal - Asia - 1637 m
2. Lake Tanganyika - Africa - 1470 m
3. Caspian Sea - Asia - 1025 m
4. O'Higgins Lake (San Martin Lake) - South America - 836 m
5. Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) - Africa - 706 m


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