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]
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]
Plunge
Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.
Australia
- Blencoe Falls
- Curtis Falls
- Dangar Falls
- Delaneys Falls
- Ellenborough Falls
- Fitzroy Falls
- Hopetoun Falls
- Jim Jim Falls
- Millaa Millaa 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
Estonia
Finland
France
Guyana
Hungary
Iceland
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
- Shivanasamudra 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
Japan
Lesotho
Mexico
Mongolia
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Nepal
Pachal waterfall, a plunge Waterfall with height 482 m located at Kalikot District
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
- Laxapana Falls
- Diyaluma falls
- babarakanda falls
Taiwan
Uganda
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
Descending water maintains some contact with bedrock.
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
Iceland
India
Ireland
Lesotho
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Philippines
Slovenia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
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Cataract
A large, powerful waterfall.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mali
Zambia/Zimbabwe
India
Indonesia
- Banangar Falls
- Malela Falls
- Temam Falls
- Riam Merasap Falls
Argentina/Brazil
Devil's Throat, Iguaçu fall's largest cataract
Multi-step
A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.
Bulgaria
The Popinolashki waterfall
- Popinolashki waterfall – 12 m (39 ft)
Ghana
Morocco
Japan
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Estonia
Iceland
Block
Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river.
Ethiopia
Cambodia
China
India
Korea
Zambia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Canada
Mexico
United States
Australia
- Bridal Veil Falls
- Fernhook Falls
- Millstream Falls
Brazil
Cascade
Water descends a series of rock steps.
Australia
Austria
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
China
Finland
Germany
Iceland
India
Jamaica
Laos
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Philippines
Russia
Sri Lanka
- Baker's Falls
- Bopath Ella Falls
- Ravana Falls
- St. Clairs Falls
South Africa
United Kingdom
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
- Tory's Falls
- Triple Falls
- Turtleback Falls
- Upper Cascades
- Upper Whitewater Falls
- Virginia Cascades
- Walker Falls
Uganda
Venezuela
Segmented
Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends.
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
Iceland
India
Iran
Japan
Namibia
North Macedonia
Norway
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Tiered
Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls.
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
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
- Parangloe Waterfall
- Tumpak Sewu Waterfalls
Italy
North Macedonia
Norway
Peru
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
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
Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool.
Australia
Bulgaria
- Emen Waterfall
Canada
Iceland
Japan
Korea
Philippines
United Kingdom
United States
Fan
Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock.
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Yudaki Falls
Australia
Canada
Japan
- Yudaki Falls
Mexico
Philippines
United States
- Falling Waters Falls
- High Falls
- Nugget Falls
- Turner Falls
- Union Falls
Ephemeral
Ephemeral waterfalls flow only after periods of heavy rain or significant snowmelt.
An example of an ephemeral waterfall. This one, when flowing, feeds into the Chagrin River (Ohio).
United States
Bulgaria
- Vrachanska Skaklya (141 m)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 What is a Waterfall? archived from the original 2011-07-18, retrieved 2012-07-18
- 1 2 "Howstuffworks "How Waterfalls Work"". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ↑ 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.
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