The World's Top 10 Waterfalls!

You won't believe these waterfalls! The tallest, the most beautiful, the biggest, the best!

10. Augrabies Falls in South Africa

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The world's biggest desert waterfall has sometimes had over 275,000 cubic feet of water flowing over its edge per minute, which is more than Niagara ever has!

9. Plitvice Waterfalls in Croatia

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Awesome waterfalls in Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park! Possibly the most beautiful waterfalls in Europe.

8. Detian Falls in China and Vietnam

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On the border of China and Vietnam these falls are Asia’s answer to Europe’s Plitvice Falls. They’re just as stunning!

7. Sutherland Falls in New Zealand

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If you’re thinking that’s oh so LOTR, it’s cos these falls are the tallest in New Zealand! They are in the amazing Fjordland National Park and Milford Sound.

6. Niagara Falls in the USA and Canada

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America and Canada share maybe the most famous waterfall in the world. When full the Canadian Falls make one of the biggest sheets of falling water in the world – over 350,000 square feet in area!

5. Yosemite Falls in the USA

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The tallest American Falls are the seventh tallest in the world and one of the most beautiful. They are an impressive 2425 feet tall and found in California's magnificent Yosemite National Park.

4. Tugela Falls in South Africa

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Africa’s tallest waterfall drops in five steps and may actually be the tallest in the world! Officially it is listed as the second tallest at 3110 feet but many people now believe that both it and the Angel Falls we’re measured wrong years ago and that Tugela is tallest.

3. Angel Falls in Venezuela

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Possibly the second tallest waterfall in the world, Angel is still officially listed as the tallest at 3212 feet. Even if re measuring reveals Tugela to be the tallest, Angel definitely has the highest single drop of any waterfall in the world at 2648 feet!

2. Iguazu Falls in Brazil and Argentina

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These incredible South American waterfalls are on the border of Brazil and Argentina. It is made up of up to 300 smaller falls which fall into a 1.7 mile chasm! When the river flows fully 1.1 miles of that chasm is covered in water. Mist rises up to 500 feet above 'The Devil's Throat' part of the falls.

1. Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia

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These are over 1 mile wide and over 300 feet tall. When the Zambezi river floods they form the largest curtain of falling water in the world at almost 2,000,000 square feet or bigger than 500 IMAX screens or 5 of Niagara's Canadian Falls! Mist rises up to 2000 feet above the falls that are locally called ‘The Smoke That Thunders’!