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Waterfalls over 500 metres
The giants: a vertical half-kilometre or more.
Every waterfall in the index with a reliably recorded total height of 500 metres or more. Most of them are in deeply glaciated country (Norway, Venezuela's tepuis, the Himalaya, the Drakensberg), and many are thin, seasonal threads rather than thundering curtains. Heights are total drop over all tiers.
26 waterfalls
1
Angel FallsVenezuela · World's tallest uninterrupted waterfall
979 m
2
Tugela FallsSouth Africa · Among the world's tallest waterfalls (disputed second)
948 m
3
Tres Hermanas FallsPeru
914 m
4
Oloʻupena FallsUnited States
900 m
5
Yumbilla FallsPeru · One of the five tallest waterfalls in the world
896 m
6
VinnufossenNorway
845 m
7
James Bruce FallsCanada
840 m
8
Puʻukaʻoku FallsUnited States
840 m
9
Browne FallsNew Zealand
836 m
10
RamnefjellsfossenNorway
818 m
11
Waihilau FallsUnited States
792 m
12
Colonial Creek FallsUnited States
788 m
13
MongefossenNorway
773 m
14
Mutarazi FallsZimbabwe · Zimbabwe's highest waterfall
772 m
15
Gocta FallsPeru · One of the world's tallest waterfalls, unknown to the wider world until 2006
771 m
16
KjelfossenNorway · Among Norway's tallest waterfalls, above the Nærøyfjord
755 m
17
Yosemite FallsUnited States · Tallest waterfall in Yosemite, and among the tallest in North America
739 m
18
Yutaje FallsVenezuela
715 m
19
MardalsfossenNorway · Runs at full natural force only a few weeks a year
705 m
20
Cascade BlancheFrance
640 m
21
LangfossNorway · One of Norway's tallest waterfalls visible from the road
612 m
22
Talnikovy WaterfallRussia
600 m
23
La ChorreraColombia · Colombia's tallest waterfall
590 m
24
Seerenbach FallsSwitzerland · One of the highest total-drop waterfalls in Europe
585 m
25
MovranBosnia and Herzegovina
584 m
26
Sutherland FallsNew Zealand · New Zealand's tallest waterfall
580 m
Angel FallsVenezuela · World's tallest uninterrupted waterfall
979 m
2
Tugela FallsSouth Africa · Among the world's tallest waterfalls (disputed second)
948 m
3
Tres Hermanas FallsPeru
914 m
4
Oloʻupena FallsUnited States
900 m
5
Yumbilla FallsPeru · One of the five tallest waterfalls in the world
896 m
6
VinnufossenNorway
845 m
7
James Bruce FallsCanada
840 m
8
Puʻukaʻoku FallsUnited States
840 m
9
Browne FallsNew Zealand
836 m
10
RamnefjellsfossenNorway
818 m
11
Waihilau FallsUnited States
792 m
12
Colonial Creek FallsUnited States
788 m
13
MongefossenNorway
773 m
14
Mutarazi FallsZimbabwe · Zimbabwe's highest waterfall
772 m
15
Gocta FallsPeru · One of the world's tallest waterfalls, unknown to the wider world until 2006
771 m
16
KjelfossenNorway · Among Norway's tallest waterfalls, above the Nærøyfjord
755 m
17
Yosemite FallsUnited States · Tallest waterfall in Yosemite, and among the tallest in North America
739 m
18
Yutaje FallsVenezuela
715 m
19
MardalsfossenNorway · Runs at full natural force only a few weeks a year
705 m
20
Cascade BlancheFrance
640 m
21
LangfossNorway · One of Norway's tallest waterfalls visible from the road
612 m
22
Talnikovy WaterfallRussia
600 m
23
La ChorreraColombia · Colombia's tallest waterfall
590 m
24
Seerenbach FallsSwitzerland · One of the highest total-drop waterfalls in Europe
585 m
25
MovranBosnia and Herzegovina
584 m
26
Sutherland FallsNew Zealand · New Zealand's tallest waterfall
580 m
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