List of Highest Waterfalls in the World their Height & Country

Names of famous waterfalls of the world, their countries and their height:

Waterfalls are a major erosional landform made of flowing water (river). Natural or artificial waterfalls are in almost all countries of the world. In different countries, they have different uses. Waterfalls are great sources of natural power; Which man uses for his prosperity and convenience, industries and artificial means. In this way, the waterfall is a great gift of nature to man.

Niagara Falls located between America and Canada and Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River in Africa are counted among the world's largest falls. The most famous waterfall in India is Jog Falls of Mysore region in the Western Ghats.

Apart from this, small and big falls are located in different parts of the country, such as Kampti Falls near Mansoori in Uttar Pradesh, Sirsi Falls near Mirzapur and Hundru Falls of Ranchi district. Generally in all types of government competitive exams like: Bank PO & Clerk, UPSC, SSC, IAS, PCS, CAT, Indian Railways, GATE etc. It is often asked in which country the said waterfall is located.

Types of Waterfalls:

• Catadupa: Catadupa is a gorge or waterfall, (originally a waterfall of the Nile). The word catadupae refers to people living near such a waterfall, who are believed to have become deaf due to the constant noise of the waterfall.
• Ditch: Water flows down a relatively wide stream or river.
• Khardum: The descending water has some contact with the rocky base.
• Kharal: The water descends as a narrow stream and then spreads into a wider pool.
• Dive: Water drops straight down the relinquishment contact with the surface of the rocky base.
• Slope: A large volume of water falls down a vertical and narrow source.
• Fan: Water expands horizontally as it falls and is always in contact with the rock while falling.
• Pantik: A mixture of escarpment and split falls, the water in this waterfall falls in a sequence from a chain of rocks in different streams.
• Multi-stage: A series of springs of roughly the same size, each with its own pool.
• Maha Falls: Mahafall is a big and powerful waterfall according to its name.
• Split: The water falls down in the form of separate springs.
• Steep: Water falls down a series of rocks in a cascade fall or a cascade.
• Himadri: A snowdrift is a waterfall whose water contains small pieces of ice.

List of famous waterfalls of the world:

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