Top 5 Beautiful Waterfalls In The World

by Danielle Steel · March 17, 2015

Here we tell you about top 5 beautiful waterfalls of the world.

1: Iguazu Falls

Iguazu-Falls

This is most beautiful waterfalls on the earth this is the reason it stands on 1st number in our countdown.
This is located on the border of Misiones province of Argentina and Parana state of Brazil.
It divided in Iguazu River, Iguazu River is boundary between Brazil & Argentina.
Height of waterfall is 60-82 meters and its 82 meters long and its width is 2.7km.

2: Victoria Falls

Victoria-Falls

Victoria Falls is on 2nd position in our count down list.
This is located on border of Livingstone province of Zambia & Victoria Falls Zimbabwe.
A Scottish missionary David Livingston explorer and believes to have seen the first time on 16 Nov 1855, and it’s also known as Livingston Island.
Height of Victoria Fall is 355 meters.

3: Niagara Falls

Niagara-Falls

Niagara Falls is on 3rd position in our count down list.
Niagara Falls is a collective name of 3 Waterfalls named Horseshoe Falls, American Falls & Bridal Veil Falls.
This is located between borders of New York USA & Ontario Canada.
American Falls & Bridal Veil Falls are on American side & Horseshoe Falls is on Canadian side.

4: Angel Falls

Angel-Falls

Angel Falls is on 4th position in our count down of waterfalls also known as Salto Angel.
Angel Falls is world’s highest waterfall with height of 979 meters and plunge of 807 meters & Angel Falls is located in an Isolated Jungle & it’s in Bolívar State of Venezuela.
Angel Falls is on Gauja River also known as Kerep River & it flows in Churun River it’s a tributary of Carrao River.
This waterfall is one of the top tourist place in Venezuela.
A Disney animated film (UP 2009) is also inspired by setting of Angel Falls and they call it Paradise Falls in movie & another Disney movie Dinosaur with small appearance of Angel Falls.

5: Kaieteur Falls

Kaieteur-Falls

Kaieteur Falls is on 5th position in our Top 5 beautiful waterfalls on the world countdown.
Kaieteur Falls is in Kaieteur National Park on Potaro River in Guyana.
Its 226 meters high and 226 meters long and this waterfalls is most powerful waterfall on the world with average flow of 663 cubic meters per/sec & it’s also 4 time high than Niagara Falls and 2 times high from Victoria Falls and Kaieteur Falls is single drop waterfall.
This is major tourist point in Guyana.
The meaning of Kaieteur is old man fall & stories says an old man was in boat & shoved in the Kaieteur Falls by his own relatives & that’s the reason of the name of this waterfall.
Kaieteur Falls featured some documentary films like River Monsters with Jeremy Wade & Warner Herzog’s The White Diamond and it’s also featured in Gold Rush 2013 series of Discovery Channel.