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List of waterfalls by height

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The following are lists ofwaterfalls in the world by height, classified into two categories — natural andartificial. Natural waterfalls are further subdivided between overall height and tallest single drop. Each column (Waterfall, Height, Locality, Country) is sortable by using the up/down link in the column headings at the top of each column.

Note: There is no standard way to measure the height of a waterfall. Since there is no standard,no ranking of a waterfall should be assumed because of its position in the list. Additionally, in many cases, numbers are merely estimates and measures may be imprecise.

World's tallest natural waterfalls

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By overall height

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This list consists of notable waterfalls which are known to have an overall height of at least 600 m (1,969 ft). Underwater falls, such as the 3,505 m (11,499 ft)Denmark Strait cataract, are not included.

Waterfall	Height	Locality	Country	Ref
Angel Falls	979 metres (3,212 ft)	Bolívar	Venezuela	^[1]
Tugela Falls	947 metres (3,107 ft)	KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	^[2]
Tres Hermanas Falls	914 metres (2,999 ft)	Junin	Peru	^[3]
Olo'upena Falls	900 metres (2,953 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[4]
Yumbilla Falls	896 metres (2,940 ft)	Amazonas	Peru	^[5]
Skorga	875 metres (2,871 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[6]
Balåifossen [no]	850 metres (2,789 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[7]
Vinnufossen	845 metres (2,772 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[8]
Mattenbachfall [de]	840 metres (2,756 ft)	Lauterbrunnental	Switzerland	^[9]
Pu'uka'oku Falls	840 metres (2,756 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[10]
James Bruce Falls	840 metres (2,756 ft)	British Columbia	Canada	^[11]
Browne Falls	836 metres (2,743 ft)	Southland	New Zealand	^[12]^[13]
Strupenfossen [no]	820 metres (2,690 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[14]
Ramnefjellsfossen	818 metres (2,684 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[14]
Waihilau Falls	792 metres (2,598 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[15]
Colonial Creek Falls	788 metres (2,585 ft)	Washington	United States	^[16]
Mongefossen	773 metres (2,536 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[17]
Gocta Cataracts	771 metres (2,530 ft)	Amazonas	Peru	^[18]
Mutarazi Falls	762 metres (2,500 ft)	Manicaland	Zimbabwe	^[19]
Kjelfossen	755 metres (2,477 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[20]
Johannesburg Falls	751 metres (2,464 ft)	Washington	United States	^[21]
Yosemite Falls	739 metres (2,425 ft)	California	United States	^[22]
Cloudcap Falls	732 m (2,402 ft)	Washington	United States	^[23]
Cascades de Trou de Fer	725 metres (2,379 ft)	Réunion	France	^[24]
Ølmåafossen [no]	720 metres (2,362 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[25]
Manawainui Falls^{[citation needed]}	719 metres (2,359 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[26]
Kjeragfossen	715 metres (2,346 ft)	Rogaland	Norway	^[27]
Avalanche Basin Falls	707 metres (2,320 ft)	Montana	United States	^[28]
Harrison Basin Falls	707 metres (2,320 ft)	Montana	United States	^[29]
Haloku Falls	700 metres (2,297 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[30]
Chamberlain Falls	700 metres (2,297 ft)	Southland	New Zealand	^[31]
Døntefossen [no]	700 metres (2,297 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[32]
Kadamaian Falls	700 metres (2,297 ft)	Kinabalu Park,Sabah	Malaysia	^[33]
Spirefossen [no]	690 metres (2,264 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[34]
Lake Unknown Falls	680 metres (2,231 ft)	Otago	New Zealand	^[35]
Cuquenan Falls	674 metres (2,211 ft)	Bolívar	Venezuela	^[36]
Salto Yutaj	671 metres (2,201 ft)	Amazonas	Venezuela	^[37]
Cascade Blanche	640 metres (2,100 ft)	Réunion	France	^[38]
La Chorrera Falls	590 metres (1,936 ft)	Cundinamarca	Colombia	^[39]
Sutherland Falls	580 meters (1,904 ft)	Southland	New Zealand
Kunchikal Falls	455 m (1,493 ft)	Shimoga, Karnataka	India

By tallest single drop

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This list consists of the waterfalls which are known to have a singular individual step with a vertical drop of at least 450 m (1,476 ft).

Waterfall	Height	Locality	Country	Ref
Angel Falls	807 metres (2,648 ft)	Bolívar	Venezuela	^[1]
Waihilau Falls	792 metres (2,598 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[15]
Mongefossen	773 metres (2,536 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[17]
Manawainui Falls	719 metres (2,359 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[40]
Kjeragfossen	715 metres (2,346 ft)	Rogaland	Norway	^[41]
Tågfossen	710 metres (2,329 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[42]
Ølmåfossen	710 metres (2,329 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[43]
Salto Kukenaam	674 metres (2,211 ft)	Bolívar	Venezuela	^[44]
Langfoss	612 m (2,008 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[45]
Tverrgrovfossen	610 m (2,001 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[46]
Salto de Iguapo	600 m (1,969 ft)	Bolívar	Venezuela	^[47]
Vinnufossen	575 metres (1,886 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[48]
Kveåfossen	570 m (1,870 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[49]
Høvlafossen	550 m (1,804 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[50]
Cascada de Ventisquero Colgante	549 m (1,801 ft)	Aisén	Chile	^[51]
Los Chorros de Cura	549 m (1,801 ft)	Aragua	Venezuela	^[52]
Catarata Gocta	540 m (1,772 ft)	Amazonas	Peru	^[53]
Krokfossen	530 m (1,739 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[54]
Svellofossen	525 m (1,722 ft)	Vestland	Norway	^[55]
Heggurfossen	509 m (1,670 ft)	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	^[56]
Hannoki Falls	500 m (1,640 ft)	Toyama	Japan	^[57]
Ribbon Fall	491 m (1,611 ft)	California	United States	^[58]
Wall of Tears	488 m (1,601 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[59]
Mutarazi Falls	479 m (1,572 ft)	Manicaland	Zimbabwe	^[60]
Lake Frances Falls	475 m (1,558 ft)	Montana	United States	^[61]
Cerberus Falls	475 m (1,558 ft)	British Columbia	Canada	^[62]
Flueseelifall	465 m (1,526 ft)	Bern	Switzerland	^[63]
Cascada de Piedra Bolada	453 m (1,486 ft)	Chihuahua	Mexico	^[64]
Keana'awi Falls	450 m (1,476 ft)	Hawaii	United States	^[65]

World's tallest artificial waterfalls

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These are some of the more notable artificial waterfalls.

Waterfall	Height	Complex	Country	Remarks
Cascata delle Marmore	165 metres (541 ft)^[66]	Parco Fluviale del Nera	Italy	Created by the ancient Romans.
Hverfandi	Approx. 100 metres (328 ft)	Fljótsdalshérað	Iceland	Overflow falls from the reservoir of theKárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant; only flows during high water periods
Edmonton Great Divide Waterfall	64 meters (210 ft)	High Level Bridge	Canada	Not operational since 2009, but plans to restart it are being considered.
Lake Peigneur	50 meters (164 ft)	Delcambre Canal	United States	Resulted from a major oil drilling disaster in Louisiana. Lasted for 3 days.
Rain Vortex	40 metres (131 ft)	Jewel Changi Airport	Singapore	World's tallest indoor waterfall.
Cloud Forest Indoor Waterfall	35 metres (115 ft)	Cloud Forest,Gardens by the Bay	Singapore	Previously the world's tallest indoor waterfall.
Jurong Falls	30 metres (98 ft)	Jurong Bird Park	Singapore	Previously the world's tallest indoor waterfall.
Viktoriapark Waterfall	24 metres (79 ft)^[67]	Viktoriapark	Germany
Lotte Music Fountain	18.2 metres (60 ft)^[68]	Aqua Mall, Lotte Department Store (Busan)	South Korea	Center column is considered an indoor waterfall, despite being known as a fountain.