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Thursday, October 15, 2009














Takkakaw Falls

Country: Canada
Location: Brittish Columbia, Yoho National Park
River: Takkakaw Creek, Yoho River?
Height: 373 m
Other information: Earlier this was considered to be the highest waterfall of Canada (503 m), but the measurements of year 1985 “lovered” it. Consists of three nearly vertical cascades. Waterfalls are fed by Dali glacier meltwater.
















Tugela Falls

Country: South Africa
Location: Natal National Park
River: Tugela River
Height: 850 m (948 m (Encyclopædia Britannica))
Other information: Cascade of waterfalls. River falls from Drakensberg plateau.















Yosemite Falls

Country: USA
Location: California, Yosemite National Park
River
: Yosemite Creek
Height: 739 m (727,5 m?)
Other information: Cascade of waterfalls. Height of the upper cascade- 436 meters. Waterfall could be dry for part of the year.


















Sutherland Falls

Country: New Zealand
Location: Southern Island, Fiordland, not far from Milford Sound
River: Arthur River
Height: 580 m
Other information: Waterfall with three cascades coming from Lake Quill which is fed by glacier in turn. In 1880 this locality was reached by the first European - Donald Sutherland. His name was given to the waterfall.















Ribbon Falls

Country: USA
Location: California, Yosemite National Park
River
: Ribbon Stream
Height: 491 m (484m ?)
Other information: Waterfall is fed mainly by the melting snow - the maximum is in May and June. For part of the year there is no water.















Della Falls

Country: Canada
Location: Brittish Columbia, Vancouver Island, Strathcona Provincial Park
River
: Drinkwater Creek
Height: 440 m
Other information: Three cascades, the fall is nearly vertical. The highest waterfall in Canada. The first white man - hunter Joe Drinkwater - saw the waterfall in 1899, it is named after the wife of Drinkwater. Water is fed by the glacier lake.
















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