![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nonetheless, when it’s flowing, Ribbon Falls is impressive as it’s said to be 1,612ft (491m) tall, which would’ve put it high on this list. It’s usually dry in Summer (except ephemeral thunderstorms) and frozen in Winter. We know Ribbon Falls comes up just short of this criteria as we know it’s definitely flowing its best between March through May and possibly through June in a high snowpack year. Recently, we left Ribbon Falls off the list because it doesn’t fit the additional criteria that it must flow reliably and with appreciable volume on average for at least half the year every year. Whether its drainage had been altered or diverted is still unknown to us, but in any case, we wouldn’t consider this a major waterfall due to its lack of volume or lack of reliability in its flow.Īs a result, we kept this off the list, too. We showed up to this waterfall in mid-June of 2010, which was the month of the highest snowmelt and the year of unusually heavier-than-normal rains throughout Europe, and this waterfall still had very wimpy flow that probably wouldn’t last much longer into the Summer. That said, Julie and I aren’t going get to nit-picky about whether or not it’s close enough to being vertical so we’ve included it in this list.Īs for Seerenbach Falls, we don’t think it passes the longevity test. Next, to follow up on the point we’re making about Staubbach Falls, the signage in the Swiss literature claim that taller freefalls occur at Murrenbach Falls at 417m and at Seerenbach Falls at 305m on its middle (2nd) tier.Įven though the Swiss tried to explain that Murrenbach Falls should meet the steepness requirement for vertical waterfalls (by the way, there’s no consensus to determine how steep a waterfall must be in order to count as a vertical drop), our observations from a cable car and from the Lauterbrunnen Valley floor itself caused us to disagree with this assessment. they go dry too quickly), in our opinion. We also left out Horsetail Falls leaping off El Capitan in Yosemite as well as Hi’ilawe Falls because they doesn’t last long enough to count (i.e. Meanwhile, waterfalls like Kaieteur Falls, Feigefossen, and Jog Falls (though Jog Falls also suffers from a longevity issue due to hydroelectricity) got pushed out. Thus, we kept waterfalls like Angel Falls, Catarata Gocta, and Yosemite Falls. KaieteurĪgain, it all depends on who you talk to and what his/her criteria is so we realize that there is no definitive list of world’s tallest.Īnyways, just to answer some nagging concerns about some notable omissions (especially if you’re wondering why we didn’t religiously follow the World Waterfall Database list), let’s get to it…įirst off, we didn’t get nitpicky about whether the waterfalls in question was a singular drop or had multiple drops in which one of its leaps happened to be very tall. The result is our list in reverse order…įinally, we acknowledge that putting out a list like this opens the door for debate about which waterfalls belong and don’t belong. Hopefully, this eliminates some of those seasonal waterfalls that some might say do not count as legitimate waterfalls worth giving special attention to.Īnd once again, we’re limiting this list to just the ones we’ve seen. Plus, to narrow down this list a bit more, we’ve added an additional criteria that the waterfall must flow reliably and with appreciable volume on average for at least 6 months out of the year, year after year. when a waterfall begins and ends, how long it must flow to count, etc.) and even fewer have been accurately measured (with the clinometer and rangefinder combo along with some trigonometry), the criteria of highest leap is actually a bit easier to define and evaluate. While I’ve been critical of any World’s Tallest list because there’s no consensus as to how waterfalls are defined (i.e. We have a separate list for waterfalls with the tallest cumulative drop in elevation. Where does this waterfall reside on our Top 10 Tallest Waterfalls of the World based on Singular Drop List? By “vertical drop,” we mean the waterfall section in question must either be free leaping or have a slope steep enough to be considered vertical beyond a reasonable doubt. Due to numerous inquiries, we’ve decided to showcase the tallest waterfalls that we’ve personally visited in our travels.Ī critical definition to make clear on this page is that “tallest” refers to the highest vertical drop of the waterfall. ![]()
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