Interesting facts about waterfalls

 Spectacular natural attractions such as waterfalls are rare. Of course, people have long learned to create them artificially, but still, the creations of human hands are not able to compete with what is created by nature itself. The most famous and beautiful waterfalls serve as places of real pilgrimage for tourists from all over the world, eager to see this unforgettable sight with their own eyes.

Falls facts

• Since the flow of water constantly erodes and destroys the ledge from which it falls, all the powerful waterfalls gradually move up the river channel.
• The highest waterfall in the world is Angel located in Venezuela. Its waters fall down from a height of 1,054 meters, and the height of the continuous fall reaches 807 meters.
• The world-famous Niagara Falls is not very high - only 53 meters, but about 5700 cubic meters of water passes through it in a second. This is the most powerful waterfall in all of North America 
• The name of the aforementioned Angel Falls is translated from Spanish as "angel". At the same time, he falls from Mount Auyantepui, which is translated from the local Indian dialect as "the mountain of the devil."
• The noise of Niagara Falls can be heard 2 kilometers away during the day and 6-7 kilometers at night.
• The widest complex of waterfalls in the world is called Khon. It is located in Laos and is 10 kilometers wide.
• Waterfalls are also underwater, no matter how strange it may sound. They are formed when layers of water of different densities and salinity meet near seamounts. There are only 7 such underwater waterfalls.
• The African Falls Victoria, 120 meters high and 1.8 kilometers wide, is the only one in the world with a height of over 100 meters and a width of over a kilometer.

• Niagara Falls annually shifts due to the destruction of the rock mass by 80-90 centimeters, and during its existence, it has moved about 10 kilometers. At this rate, it will disappear in about 20,000 years.
• The 14 tallest European waterfalls are in Norway, and 3 of them are in the top 10 highest waterfalls in the world.
• There is a bloody waterfall in Antarctica. The water in it is reddish in color, as it is saturated with iron oxide. It flows out of a lake covered with several hundred meters of eternal ice.
• During migration, some species of birds are guided by the noise of waterfalls, if there are any on their way.
• In total, scientists identify 17 different types of waterfalls.
• The complex of Iguazu Falls, which is on the border of Argentina and Brazil, is the most powerful in the world. It consists of 275 individual waterfalls and is visited by about 2 million people annually
• In 1978, the Iguazu Falls dried up completely due to a long lack of rain.
• The highest man-made waterfall, Cascata Delle Marmore, was created by the Romans. Its height reaches 165 meters.