At the end of the long Valnerina Valley, near the town of Marmore in the Italian region of Umbria, there’s a 165-meter-high waterfall divided into three drops, one of the tallest in Europe. A portion of the Velino River’s flow, originating from Lake Piediluco, plunges down the falls before joining the Nera River. Over centuries, […]
Waterfalls
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Rhine Falls, Europe’s Largest Waterfall
In Europe, there are no waterfalls as large as those in America and Africa, but that doesn’t mean the old continent lacks important and beautiful waterfalls. The largest one is formed by the Rhine River as it passes through Switzerland, specifically in the towns of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the northern city of […]
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In 1982 the Itaipu Dam destroyed the Guaíra Falls, the largest waterfalls in the world
The Guairá Falls were, until 1982, the largest waterfalls in the world by water volume. With 49 million liters per second, the 18 falls that formed them doubled the volume of the Niagara Falls and surpassed in 12 times that of the Victoria Falls. They were located on the Paraná River, along the border between […]