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Facts about waterfalls As the flow of water constantly erodes and destroys the escarpment from which it falls, all powerful waterfalls gradually move up the river bed. The highest waterfall in the world is Angel, located in Venezuela. Its waters plummet down from a height of 1,054 meters, with a continuous drop of up to 807 meters. The world-famous Niagara Falls are not very high - only 53 meters - but about 5,700 cubic meters of water pass through it per second. It is the most powerful waterfall in all of North America (interesting facts about North America). The name of the aforementioned Angel Falls is translated from Spanish as “angel“. It falls from Mount Auyantepui, which from the local Indian vernacular translates as “mountain of the devil. The noise of the Niagara Falls in the daytime can be heard from two kilometers away, and at night from six to seven kilometers away. The widest complex of waterfalls in the world is called Khon. It is located in Laos, and it is 10 kilometers wide. Waterfalls can also be underwater, as strange as that may sound. They are formed when layers of water of different density and salinity meet near underwater mountains. There are only seven such underwater waterfalls known today. Victoria Falls in Africa, 120 meters high and 1.8 kilometers wide, is the only waterfall in the world with a height of over 100 meters and a width of over a kilometer. Every year the Niagara Falls are moved by 80-90 centimeters due to the destruction of the rock mass, and since then it has moved about 10 kilometers. At this rate, it will disappear in about 20,000 years. Fourteen of the highest waterfalls in Europe are in Norway, and three of them are among the top 10 highest waterfalls in the world. There is a bloody waterfall in Antarctica. Its water is reddish in color because it is saturated with iron oxide. It flows out of a lake covered by several hundred meters of eternal ice. Some species of birds during the migration navigate by the noise of waterfalls, if they are on their way. Scientists distinguish a total of 17 different types of waterfalls. The Iguazu Falls Complex, on the border of Argentina and Brazil, is the most powerful in the world. It consists of 275 separate waterfalls, and about 2 million people visit this place annually (interesting facts about Brazil). In 1978, the Iguazu Falls completely dried up 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. Translated with (free version) Support: Paypal - acata454@ Paypal - #relaxing_music #meditation_music #music_for_relaxation
