What is Waterfall?
[[File:Water008.jpg|thumb|Small waterfall in [[Siegen-Wittgenstein]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]]] A '''waterfall''' is a place where water rushes down a steep ledge. The water flows from higher land, then it falls down a big step of rock to lower land of softer rock where it will continue on its journey. Usually the lower land is in a [[gorge]]. Waterfalls are usually made when a river is young, in places where softer rock is underneath harder rock in the waterfalls. Many people like to visit waterfalls. The roar from a big waterfall is very loud. Some people think it is beautiful music and that a waterfall is one of the most beautiful things in [[nature]].<ref>Carreck, Rosalind, ed (1982). The Family Encyclopedia of Natural History. The Hamlyn Publishing Group. pp. 246–248. {{ISBN|0711-20225-7}}.</ref> The highest waterfall in the world is [[Angel Falls]] in [[Venezuela]] where the water falls {{convert|979|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=1/ |author=Angel, Salto |title=World Waterfall Database: World's Tallest Waterfalls |publisher=www.world-waterfalls.com |accessdate=2009-02-25 |archive-date=2018-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031608/http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=1%2F |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[File:Iguazu Décembre 2007 - Panorama 7.jpg|thumb|center|800px|[[Iguaçu Falls]] on the [[border]] of [[Argentina]] and [[Brazil]]]] ==Related pages== * [[Cataracts of the Nile]] == References == {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Waterfalls| ]]