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The tallest waterfall in the world is Venezuela's Angel Falls, which plunges 3,212 feet (979 meters), according to the National Geographic Society. The falls descend over the edge of Auyán-Tepuí, which means Devil's Mountain, a flat-topped elevated area of land with sheer cliff sides located in Canaima National Park in the Bolivar State of Venezuela.
Angel Falls is named after an American explorer and bush pilot, Jimmy Angel, who crashed his plane on Auyán-Tepuí in 1937. The waterfall is fed by the Churún River, which s***** over the edge of the mountain, barely touching the cliff face. The height of the fall is so great that the stream of water You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., then trickles back together at the bottom of the plunge and continues on through a cascading run of rapids.
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