List of waterfalls by type
Some waterfalls are also distinct in that they do not flow continuously. Ephemeral waterfalls only flow after a rain or a significant snowmelt.[3][4][5]
The following is a list of waterfalls by type.
- Plunge: Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.[1]
- Horsetail: Descending water maintains some contact with bedrock.[1]
- Cataract: A large, powerful waterfall.[1]
- Multi-step: A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.[1]
- Block: Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river.[1][2]
- Cascade: Water descends a series of rock steps.[1][2]
- Segmented: Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends.[1]
- Tiered: Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls.[1]
- Punchbowl: Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool.[1]
- Fan: Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock.[1]
Plunge
Australia
- Blencoe Falls
- Curtis Falls
- Dangar Falls
- Delaneys Falls
- Ellenborough Falls
- Fitzroy Falls
- Hopetoun Falls
- Jim Jim Falls
- Millaa Millaa Falls
- Phantom Falls
- Philosopher Falls
- Purlingbrook Falls
- Queen Mary Falls
- Tolmer Falls
- St Georges Falls
- Wallaman Falls
- Yabba Falls
Bangladesh
Brazil
Canada
- Brandywine Falls
- Bridal Veil Falls
- Chute Kabir Kouba
- Grand Falls
- Helmcken Falls
- Horseshoe Falls
- Hunlen Falls
- Kakabeka Falls
- Panther Falls
- Pissing Mare Falls
- Sandy Pond Falls
- Spahats Creek Falls
Costa Rica
Finland
France
Guadeloupe
Guyana
Hungary
India
Jog Falls, India's second highest plunge waterfall, is made up of four distinct, segmented falls, and is fed by the Sharavathi River. The tallest plunges 830 ft (253 m) into a deep chasm in a continuous column of water.
- Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunjee- India's highest waterfalls.
- Jog Falls
Indonesia
- Sipisopiso
- Coban Wolu Falls
- Coban Rondo Falls
- Kapas Biru Falls
- Penimbungan Falls
- Lembah Anai Falls
- Cimahi Falls
- Matayangu Falls
- Cimarinjung Falls
- Merdai Falls
- Bajing Falls
- Coban Baung Falls
- Coban Pelangi Falls
Lesotho
Mexico
New Zealand
- Bridal Veil Falls
- Rainbow Falls
- Tutea falls - cataract type waterfall
- Wairere Falls
Norway
- Kjelfossen
- Månafossen
- Mardalsfossen
- Ringedalsfossen or Skykkjedalsfossen
- Rjukan Falls
- Skrikjofossen
- Tyssestrengene
- Vettisfossen
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
- Akaka Falls State Park
- Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County)
- Bridal Veil Falls (Telluride)
- Bridal Veil Falls (Washington)
- Bridalveil Fall (California)
- DeSoto Falls
- Douglas Falls
- Fall Creek Falls
- Feather Falls
- Havasu Falls
- Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls
- High Shoals Falls
- Iris Falls
- Lake Peigneur Drilling Disaster (Louisiana)
- Looking Glass Falls
- McWay Falls
- Minnehaha Falls
- Mooney Falls
- Moore Cove Falls
- Moose Falls
- Noccalula Falls Park
- Ozone Falls
- Palouse Falls
- Pearl Falls
- Rainbow Falls
- Raven Cliff Falls
- Ribbon Fall
- Slick Rock Falls
- Snoqualmie Falls
- Taughannock Falls
- Toccoa Falls
- Toketee Falls
- Tower Fall
- Vermillion Falls
- Vernal Fall
- Virgin Falls
- Wailua Falls
- Watson Falls
- Window Falls
- Yahoo Falls
- Yellowstone Falls
Venezuela
Zambia
Horsetail
Australia
- Myrtle Forest Falls
- Seventh Falls
- Silver Falls
- Silverband Falls
- Steavenson Falls
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
- Babsko Praskalo – 54 m (177 ft)
- Boyana Waterfall – 25 m (82 ft)
- Goritsa Waterfall – 39 m (128 ft)
- Karlovsko Praskalo – 30 m (98 ft)
- Skakavitsa Waterfall – 70 m (230 ft)
- Vratsa waterfalls
- Skaklia (ephemeral) – 130 m (430 ft)
- Borov Kamak – 63 m (207 ft)
- Raysko Praskalo – 124.5 m (408 ft), highest waterfall in the Balkans
Canada
- Alfred Creek Falls
- Bergeron Falls
- Bridal Veil Falls
- Cascade Falls
- Cliff Lake Falls
- Crypt Falls
- Francis Falls
- Gold Creek Falls
- James Bruce Falls
- Kingcome Valley Falls
- Lineham Falls
- Michelle Falls
- Middle Cummins Falls
- Montmorency Falls
- Odegaard Falls
- Shannon Falls
- Snowshoe Creek Falls
- Takakkaw Falls
- Upper Geraldine Falls
- Uisge Ban Falls
India
Ireland
Lesotho
North Macedonia
Slovenia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
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Cataract
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mali
Zambia/Zimbabwe
India
- Chitrakoot Falls
- Gokak Falls
- Kakolat
- Thoovanam Waterfalls
- Tirparappu Waterfalls
Indonesia
- Banangar Falls
- Malela Falls
- Temam Falls
- Riam Merasap Falls
Multi-step
Morocco
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Estonia
Block
Cambodia
China
Korea
Zambia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Brazil
Cascade
Uganda
China
India
Germany
North Macedonia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
- Baker's Falls
- Bopath Ella Falls
- Ravana Falls
- St. Clairs Falls
Finland
Canada
- Albion Falls
- Alfred Creek Falls
- Angel's Staircase Falls
- Athabasca Falls
- Elbow Falls
- Helen Falls
- Inglis Falls
- Kitchener Creek Falls
- Nymph Falls
- Pokiok Falls
- Sandy Pond Falls
- Thunder Falls
Jamaica
United States
- Batson Creek Falls
- Bechler Falls
- Big Manitou Falls
- Blackwater Falls State Park
- Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest)
- Burgess Falls
- Cascade Falls
- Connestee Falls
- Corbin Creek Falls
- Crabtree Falls
- Cullasaja Falls
- Cunningham Falls State Park
- Dingmans Falls
- Eastatoe Falls
- Firehole Falls
- Fulmer Falls
- Gibbon Falls
- Gooseberry Falls
- Grand Falls
- Hidden Falls
- Isaqueena Falls
- Kepler Cascades
- Key Falls
- Lewis Falls
- Lower Cascades
- Lucifer Falls
- McGalliard Falls
- Mitchell Falls
- Moravian Falls
- Mystic Falls
- Nugget Falls
- 'Opaeka'a Falls
- Rainbow Falls
- Roaring Fork Falls
- Setrock Creek Falls
- Sliding Rock
- Swallow Falls
- Tory's Falls
- Triple Falls
- Turtleback Falls
- Upper Cascades
- Upper Whitewater Falls
- Virginia Cascades
- Walker Falls
Australia
New Zealand
Venezuela
Segmented
Australia
- Florence Falls
- Guide Falls
- Halls Falls
- Horseshoe Falls
- Nigretta Falls
- Pencil Pine Falls
- Russell Falls
Bulgaria
Etropole Waterfall Varovitets
- Etropole Waterfall Varovitets – 15 m (49 ft)
- Krushuna Falls – 15 m (49 ft)
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Estonia
India
Iran
Namibia
North Macedonia
Norway
Thailand
United Kingdom
Tiered
Australia
- Apsley Falls
- Ebor Falls
- Lesmurdie Falls
- Montezuma Falls
- New Town Falls
- Second Falls
- Tin Mine Falls
- Twin Falls
- Wentworth Falls
- Wollomombi Falls
Belize
Canada
- Alexander Falls
- Ashlu Falls
- Aviron Bay Falls
- Bow Glacier Falls
- Crescent Falls
- Crooked Falls
- Cummins Falls
- Della Falls
- Fairy Creek Falls
- Flood Falls
- Fossil Falls
- Harmony Falls
- Helmet Falls
- Kerkeslin Falls
- Les Sept Chutes
- Michael Falls
- Moresby Falls
- Murchison Falls
- Nairn Falls
- Peach Creek Falls
- Petain Creek Falls
- Place Creek Falls
- Pyramid Falls
- Rattling Brook Falls
- Sideways Falls
- Silvertip Falls
- Whispering Falls
Czech Republic
- Pančavský vodopád
Germany
India
Indonesia
- Parangloe Waterfall
- Tumpak Sewu Waterfalls
North Macedonia
Sri Lanka
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States
- Amicalola Falls State Park
- Berdeen Falls
- Bonita Falls
- Bridal Veil Falls
- Calf Creek Falls
- Chilnualna Falls
- Comet Falls
- Eastatoe Falls
- Kaaterskill Falls
- Kahiwa Falls
- Linville Falls
- Mazama Falls
- Multnomah Falls
- Olo'upena Falls
- Rainy Lake Falls
- Seven Falls
- Silverthread Falls
- Sulphide Creek Falls
- Twister Falls
- Yosemite Falls
- Zapata Falls
Punchbowl
Australia
Bulgaria
- Emen Waterfall
Canada
Iceland
Japan
Philippines
United Kingdom
United States
Fan
Australia
Canada
Mexico
Philippines
United States
- Falling Waters Falls
- High Falls
- Nugget Falls
- Turner Falls
- Union Falls
Ephemeral
An example of an ephemeral waterfall. This one, when flowing, feeds into the Chagrin River (Ohio).
Ephemeral waterfalls flow only after periods of heavy rain or significant snowmelt.[3][4][5]
United States
Bulgaria
- Skaklia, one of the Vratsa waterfalls (130 m, 430 ft)
See also
References
- What is a Waterfall? archived from the original 2011-07-18, retrieved 2012-07-18
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-09-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://www.terragalleria.com Ephemeral waterfall seen from inside cave. Mammoth Cave National Park.
- https://www.kidsdiscover.com About Horsetail Falls, One of Yosemite's Ephemeral Waterfalls.
- https://www.wncwaterfalls Bird Rock Falls.
External links
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