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Top 10 Tallest Waterfalls in the World

The waterfalls with the biggest total drop.

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  • 📏 Ranked by height
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  • 📚 Source: Wikidata

  1. Angel Falls

    Venezuela

    979 m

    No change

  2. Tugela Falls

    South Africa

    948 m

    No change

  3. Tres Hermanas Falls

    Peru

    914 m

    No change
  1. 4Oloʻupena FallsUnited States900 mNo change
  2. 5Yumbilla FallsPeru896 mNo change
  3. 6BalayfossenNorway850 mNo change
  4. 7VinnufossenNorway845 mNo change
  5. 8James Bruce FallsCanada840 mNo change
  6. 9Pu'uka'oku FallsUnited States840 mNo change
  7. 10Mattenbach FallsSwitzerland840 mNo change
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  1. 11Browne FallsNew Zealand836 mNo change
  2. 12Chorros de CuraVenezuela821 mNo change
  3. 13StrupenfossenNorway820 mNo change
  4. 14RamnefjellsfossenNorway818 mNo change
  5. 15Waihilau FallsUnited States792 mNo change
  6. 16Colonial Creek FallsUnited States788 mNo change
  7. 17MongefossenNorway773 mNo change
  8. 18Gocta CataractsPeru771 mNo change
  9. 19Mutarazi FallsZimbabwe762 mNo change
  10. 20KjelfossenNorway755 mNo change
  11. 21Johannesburg FallsUnited States751 mNo change
  12. 22Yosemite FallsUnited States739 mNo change
  13. 23Yutaje FallsVenezuela715 mNo change
  14. 24MardalsfossenNorway705 mNo change
  15. 25Bras d'Annette FallsFrance700 mNo change
  16. 26Horsetail FallUnited States650 mNo change
  17. 27NasicznePoland646 mNo change
  18. 28Cascade BlancheFrance640 mNo change
  19. 29Salto RoraimaVenezuela610 mNo change
  20. 30Talnikovy WaterfallRussia600 mNo change
  21. 31Cascada La ChorreraColombia590 mNo change
  22. 32Sprizzotolo FallItaly586 mNo change
  23. 33Seerenbach FallsSwitzerland585 mNo change
  24. 34MovranBosnia and Herzegovina584 mNo change
  25. 35Sutherland FallsNew Zealand581 mNo change
  26. 36Savica FallsSlovenia571 mNo change
  27. 37cascade du ChaudronFrance500 mNo change
  28. 38Cascate di StroppiaItaly500 mNo change
  29. 39Röthbach WaterfallGermany470 mNo change
  30. 40Kunchikal FallsIndia455.067 mNo change
  31. 41Hiʻilawe FallsUnited States442 mNo change
  32. 42Bowmar FallsNew Zealand425 mNo change
  33. 43Gavarnie FallsFrance422 mNo change
  34. 44Devil's Throat WaterfallBulgaria420 mNo change
  35. 45Moulin-Marquis FallFrance400 mNo change
  36. 46Salto de BordonesColombia400 mNo change
  37. 47Les CascadesCanada400 mNo change
  38. 48Hunlen FallsCanada396 mNo change
  39. 49Lofoi FallsDemocratic Republic of the Congo384 mNo change
  40. 50VermafossenNorway381 mNo change

How this list is ranked

Total height of the waterfall from Wikidata, in metres.

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