Anyone who has seen the falls up close will agree that their beauty and majesty are almost indescribable. If even a small drop in water can be inspiring, imagine how it would feel to see one of the largest waterfalls in the world.

This TOP 10 is based on the width of the falls, not height or volume. Each waterfall on the list is wonderful in its own way.

10. Inga Falls, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Inga Falls is 900 meters wide, located on the Congo River, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of a series of waterfalls and rapids that fall from a height of about 100 meters, but intermittently. However, in the main and most impressive part, the water falls from a height of about 20 meters in one breath. There are hundreds of channels in this waterfall, which are distinguished by the many large rocks and small islands.

9. Niagara Falls, USA, Canada

Despite its relatively low height, Niagara Falls is undoubtedly the most famous waterfall on the planet. Every year 14-20 million people come to see the waterfall. With a width of 1200 meters, Niagara Falls is far from the largest falls, but this falls with the largest volume of water passing through it. It has three distinct parts: Horseshoe Falls, Veil Falls, and American Falls.

8. Stanley Falls, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Stanley Falls stretches 1,400 meters across the entire Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite its width, it is not a very visually impressive waterfall.

7. Victoria Falls, South Africa

Victoria Falls is 1800 meters wide. It is located on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. The river falls into a ravine made up of side volcanic dams that have formed due to river erosion. When the water enters the gorge, the fog and spray rises more than 30 meters in height compared to the top of the waterfall, giving the impression that the fog is rising from a deep hole in the ground.

6. Vermilion Falls, North America

Although this falls is not impressive in height, it is the sixth largest waterfall in the world in terms of width, which is 1,829 meters. It is located along the Peace River in Northern Alberta, Canada.

5. Mocona Falls, South America

The waterfall is part of the Uruguay River in Argentina. This is one of the most unique large river waterfalls. Its width is 2065 meters.

4. Iguazu Falls, South America

The waterfall is located on both sides of the border between Argentina and Brazil. It has a width of 2682 meters. Most of the river falls in an area known as the Garganta del Diablo, or the Devil's Throat, but the rest spreads over a wide, flat shelf, splitting into hundreds of individual waterfalls. This waterfall can vary greatly in volume, depending on how much rain falls. Sometimes it shrinks to a small fraction of its normal size, but in some cases it increases to 2896 meters wide.

3. Waterfall Congo, Central West Africa

The waterfall is 3200 meters wide, making it the third largest waterfall in the world. The fall of the water is a truly unforgettable sight, and it is also nestled among the dense equatorial forests. The waterfall is located in the Ivindo National Park, which was created to protect biodiversity.

2. Steam Falls, Venezuela

Somersault Para, or waterfall Para, 5608 meters. The waterfall is located on the Caura River in Bolivar State, Venezuela. It has the shape of a crescent and is formed at the point where the two parts of the river converge. The waterfall is surrounded by lush, green jungle.

1. Khon Falls, Laos

This is the widest waterfall in the world. Almost doubled more waterfall Couple, it has a width of 10,783 meters. The falls are part of the Mekong River in Laos, and occurs where the river splits into seven large and many other smaller channels. It consists of several different rapids.

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The answer to the question "Wide waterfall", 8 letters:
cataract

Alternative crossword questions for the word cataracts

Rapids on the river

Large width waterfall at low fall height

Same as damper

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A device for damping vibrations and dampening shocks in cars, railway cars, cars, etc.

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Definition of cataract in dictionaries

New explanatory and derivational dictionary of the Russian language, T. F. Efremova. The meaning of the word in the dictionary New explanatory and derivational dictionary of the Russian language, T.F. Efremova.
m. The waterfall is wide at a low drop height; rapids on the river. m. A device for damping vibrations and weakening shocks in cars, railway cars, cars, etc .; damper.

Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Dal Vladimir Definition of the word in the dictionary Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Vladimir Dal
m. large waterfall. Movable barrier in the fortress gate, lifting shield, trap. Church. bird baba, pelican. Blindness from dullness of the eye lens or cataract g. Dullness, darkening of the transparent cornea; dark water, eye paralysis ...

Examples of the use of the word cataract in the literature.

It is well known that after removal of the lens due to cataracts, the eye is often able to accommodate in the same way as before the operation.

This includes cases of high degrees of refractive error, early stages of glaucoma, retinal abnormalities, or early stages cataracts particles floating before the eyes, amblyopia and strabismus.

Ledgart died on the edge of the Libyan desert, Brown only reached Darfur, the rest were returning from the path due to numerous cataract that made travel impossible.

This will allow the development of diagnostic methods at the level of prognosis and prevention of not only glaucoma, but also other serious eye diseases - diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy, macular degeneration, cataracts, which are based on metabolic disorders.

Magnesium deficiency leads to loss of calcium and potassium and may contribute to diabetic cataract.

A waterfall is a place where there is a sharp vertical cliff on the path of a river or source, from which water falls. Waterfalls also occur where melt water falls over the edge of layered icebergs or an ice shelf. However, not all waterfalls fit this description. There are so much unusual and unique waterfalls that they unwittingly cause distrust and sincere surprise of visitors. These natural wonders are very rare and are still largely unknown to the general public.

1. Bigar Cascade Falls, Romania

This is Bigar Falls, located in Caras-Severin County, Romania. This is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in this country. It is unique in the way water spreads and falls from stones in thin threads. It is located exactly on the 45th parallel, which is also quite unique.

The amazing moss-covered waterfall is located in the forests of the Aninsky Mountains and is formed from an underground source, the water of which flows into the Minis River.

2. Eternal Flame Falls, USA

The Eternal Flame Falls is located in the small Shale Creek Nature Reserve, which is part of the Chestnut Ridge Park in New York (by the way, we are talking about it).


The Eternal Flame Waterfall is highly dependent on rainfall and melt water. It usually only flows in early spring, or after long, heavy rains. Its height reaches 9 meters and its waters fall from the slope, which consists of shale and is divided into two segments. In a small grotto, located at a height of one and a half meters, to the right of the bottom of the waterfall, there is a source of natural gas that can be ignited. The height resulting from the ignition of the flame varies from 10 to 20 centimeters. When the waterfall is flowing in full force, the water pours over the grotto, covering the flame and scattering its light like a lampshade.


The Eternal Flame Falls is truly one of the most unique waterfalls in the country and one of the few natural areas of our planet, which have not been touched by the hand of man.

3. Asik-Asik waterfall, Philippines


Located in Alamada, North Cotabato province, Asik Ashik falls from a height of 60 meters. Its width is 140 meters, and its waters are considered curative.


By the way, there is no river or any other body of water above the waterfall. Water simply pours out of the rocky formations at the edge of the hill. Most of the rocks are covered with vegetation and look like a large green curtain.

The clean and fresh water that falls from the falls into the river is so cool that visitors can drink it. Provincial government built a network highways leading to a waterfall in springtime. This made the way to the waterfall much easier for tourists, since there were no such roads before and they had to go all the way on foot.

4. Horizontal waterfalls, Australia


Horizontal waterfalls are a natural phenomenon taking place on the shores of Kimberley County, Western Australia.


Despite their name, horizontal waterfalls are fast moving tidal current passing through two narrow, closely spaced gorges mountain range McLarty Range in Talbot Bay. The direction of flow changes with every change of tide. Because the tides at Kimberley can be as high as 10 meters, the peak tide results in a significant difference in sea level on both sides of each of the gorges.


The width of the northern gorge, which is closest to the sea, is 20 meters, and the southern, inner gorge is 12 meters. Between each of the gorges there are natural reservoirs, ranging in size from six to eight kilometers, which are filled with sea ​​water through the holes of the ravines. At low tide, water leaves these reservoirs, and they are almost completely drained. The inner gorge is also partially fed fresh water from Poulton Bay. More photos, information, as well as a video about it unique location you'll find .

5. Blood Falls, Antarctica


Blood Falls was first discovered in 1911. The pioneers of Antarctica initially thought that the red color of the waterfall was due to red algae, but later it was proved that it was associated exclusively with iron oxides. This chemical compound, contained in water, appeared there as a result of the metabolism observed in unique microorganisms.


The salty and iron-rich water leaves a small crack in the Taylor Glacier. Blood Falls is powered by a nearby ice-covered lake at a depth of 400 meters. The salt content in the water is 4 times that of the ocean. Therefore, the water in the waterfall never freezes, even at temperatures below -10 ° C.

6. Svartifoss, Iceland

Svartifoss (or Black Waterfall) is a waterfall located in national park Skaftafell in Iceland. It is one of the most popular attractions in the park. It is surrounded by dark lava columns, which gave it its name.


Other notable formations of similar columns can be found on the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, Devil's Tower in Wyoming, USA and Staffa Island in Scotland.


The base of this waterfall is remarkable for its sharp stones. The new fracture parts of the hexagonal columns break off faster than the edges worn out by the falling water. These basalt columns have been the inspiration for many of Iceland's architects. Their influence is most noticeable in the Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík, as well as in the building National Theater.

7. Baatara Gorge Waterfall, Lebanon

Baatara's Throat Falls is a waterfall located in the Tannourine municipality, Lebanon. The height of the waterfall is 255 meters. Water falls into Pothole Baatara, a Jurassic limestone cave located on Mountain Trail Lebanon. Discovered in 1952 by French bio-speleologist Henri Coiffait, the waterfall and cave were completely mapped in 1980 by the Spéléo club du Liban. The cave is also known as the Cave of the Three Bridges.

Traveling from Laklouk to Tannurin, tourists pass the village of Balaa and the Three Bridges Chasm is a five-minute journey into the valley below where you can see three naturally formed bridges towering over each other and closing the chasm, descending to the mountain Lebanon. When the snow melts, a 90 - 100 meter waterfall forms behind the bridges and then falls into a 250 meter abyss. A fluorescent dye test conducted in 1988 showed that the water supplying the waterfall comes from the Dalleh spring in Mgharet al-Ghaouaghir.

8. Waterfalls of boiling water (Hierve el Agua), Mexico


Boiling Waterfalls are a series of natural rock formations in the Mexican state of Oaxaca that look like waterfalls. The waterfalls consist of two stone terraces or cliffs, the height of which varies between 50 and 90 meters from the bottom of the valley. Almost white stone formations hang from them, which look like waterfalls.

The falls are formed by a relatively small amount of water that is oversaturated with calcium carbonate and comes to the surface through cracks on the side of the mountain. The water temperature ranges from 22 to 27 ° C. When water flows down the rock, it forms large stalactites similar to those found in caves. The flow of water from the spring mainly depends on the season and its strength depends on whether it is a dry season or a rainy season.

One of the cliffs, called the Little Falls or Amphitheater, features two artificial swimming pools as well as a number of small, natural pools. One of the artificial pools is very close to the edge of the cliff. The waters of these pools are renowned for their medicinal properties due to their high mineral content.

Bonus:
Labasin Waterfall Restaurant, Philippines


The Labazin Waterfall Restaurant will give you a truly unique and memorable experience. It is located in the Villa Escudero resort in the Philippines, where guests can enjoy their meal with the water flowing under their feet.


Besides enjoying food local cuisine here you can also enjoy the almost untouched nature of the region formerly occupied by farms and coconut plantations.


Waterfall Labazin is not a natural waterfall. In fact, this is the spillway of the Labazin Dam, the first working hydroelectric power plant in the country, built in 1029 by Don Arsenio Escudero.