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.
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
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
Tugela Falls
Augrabies Falls
Lakes
Lake Malawi
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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Johannesburg, South Africa
(Last updated on 3 August 2021)