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Top 10 Most Beautiful Waterfalls in the World

Visiting these waterfalls brings the opportunity to view some of the most spectacular sights on earth. There are few natural wonders that are filled with such awe-inspiring beauty, capturing what’s best about being alive on this magnificent place we call earth. It's not easy to put together a Top 10 Beatiful Waterfalls List because it's completely subjective and limited to each person's experience so we've finally come up with our own list.

1.Iguazu Falls

These spectacular falls along the Iguazu River bordering Brazil and Argentina stretch across two miles of rain-forested cliffs, featuring an incredible 275 individual waterfalls, making it one of the most jaw-dropping treasures on the planet. When seeing the view for the first time, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt exclaimed, “Poor Niagara!”

2.Niagara Falls

No list of waterfalls would be complete without Niagara Falls, the most powerful waterfall on the continent. It’s actually the collective name of three falls along the international border between the United States near Buffalo, New York and the province of Ontario in Canada. American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls sit on the U.S. side, while Horseshoe Falls drops on the Canadian side.

Niagara Fall

3.Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls, located on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa, is believed to be the largest waterfall in the world. Its indigenous name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, is quite apt, literally meaning the “Smoke that Thunders.”

4.Angel Falls

Venezuela’s magnificent Angel Falls is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, about 3212 feet high, with the single longest drop at 2648 feet. It plunges from a tabletop mountain deep in an equatorial rainforest, with the remote region frequently shrouded in clouds and revealing this gem to the lucky few here on a clear day.

5.Gullfoss Falls

Gullfoss Falls, or Golden Falls in English, is one of Iceland’s most popular attractions.

It features two distinct drops in succession at right angles to each other, while spanning the entire width of the Hvítá River. On a summer afternoon, you’ll frequently see spectacular rainbows in its wafting mist.

ุ6.Snoqualmie Falls

Snoqualmie Falls is one of the most impressive in the Pacific Northwest. Located just 40 minutes west of Seattle in the Cascade foothills, the falls spread across an entire cliff face, taking on a current form while they tumble and roar, shaking the earth and sending a blinding spray far above the gorge walls. They’ve been featured in a number of films and on the popular TV series, “Twin Peaks.”

7.Yosemite Falls

Yosemite Falls in California’s Yosemite National Park is the highest measured falls in North America. At 2425 feet from the top of the upper falls to the base of the lower falls, it’s the sixth highest waterfall in the world. It flows from November through July, with peak flow occurring in May.

8.Plitvice Waterfalls

Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia is the home of some of the most beautiful waterfalls on the planet, with 16 cascading lakes in crystal-clear shades of emerald and turquoise. Water flowing over the limestone and chalk over thousands of years have created the barriers, resulting in natural dams that form incredibly stunning waterfalls as well as rivers and caves.

9.Burney Falls

These amazing falls on Burney Creek in McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in California were called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by President Theodore Roosevelt. The roaring water comes from an underground spring above the 129-foot falls with an almost constant flow of 100 million gallons a day, even during dry summer months.

10.Manawaiopuna Falls

Manawaiopuna Falls is also referred to as Jurassic Falls due to its starring role in the film, “Jurassic Park.” The incredibly scenic 360-foot high waterfall located on the island of Kauai in Hawaii used to be a secret waterfall, but once the world got a glimpse of it on the big screen, people started arriving in droves to see it in person.

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