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Where the water falls
Multnomah, Torc, McWay. Places you hear before you see.
146 places
on the Black River, west of Bessemer in the Upper Peninsula
Black River Falls Sandstone
— — the river working a sandstone shelf, one ledge at a time.
in Yosemite Valley, on the south wall just past Tunnel View
Bridalveil Fall
— — the water the wind takes sideways.
in northern California, on the edge of the Cascades
Burney Falls
— — a wall the water comes through, not over.
at the edge of the old town of Edessa, in Greek Macedonia
Edessa waterfalls
— — a river that walks off the edge of the town.
in the Dartry hills, above Glencar Lough
Glencar Waterfall
— — the wandering water above the lake.
on Minnesota's North Shore, below Highway 61
Gooseberry Falls Lower Falls
— — the last drop before the river meets the lake.
just below the visitor center on Minnesota's North Shore
Gooseberry Falls Middle Falls
— — the picture every North Shore drive stops for.
deep in a side canyon of the Grand Canyon, on Havasupai land
Havasu Falls
— — a turquoise that does not belong to a desert.
in the Smokies, off Little River Road west of Sugarlands
Laurel Falls
— — the waterfall the trail was paved to reach.
on the Big Sur coast, thirty-seven miles south of Carmel
McWay Falls
— — a thread of water into a turquoise cove.
in Havasu Canyon, on the Havasupai Reservation
Mooney Falls
— — the turquoise the canyon keeps to itself.
in northern California, in the upper Sacramento canyon
Mossbrae Falls
— — water arriving sideways through the moss.
in the Texas Hill Country, west of Austin
Pedernales Falls layered limestone
— — a river the limestone refuses to let run straight.
on the Lake Superior cliffs east of Munising
Pictured Rocks Spray Falls
— — the creek that walks off the edge into the lake.
in the Wicklow Mountains, south of Dublin
Powerscourt Waterfall
— — a long white seam down dark rock.
in the oakwoods south of Killarney
Torc Waterfall
— — the river the oak wood lets through.
in the Brenta Dolomites, below Madonna di Campiglio
Vallesinella Waterfalls
— the meltwater the rock kept all winter.
in Yosemite Valley, the granite stairway up the Merced River
Vernal Fall Mist Trail
— — the trail that walks you straight through a waterfall.
on the Wichita River in Lucy Park, north Texas near the Oklahoma line
Wichita Falls falls park
— — the river that named the city, given back its falls.
on the north wall of Yosemite Valley, in the Sierra Nevada
Yosemite Falls Spring
— — what the snowpack does on the way down.
deep in Havasu Canyon, below Mooney Falls
Beaver Falls
— — the blue the limestone keeps giving back.
on Onion Creek, in southeast Austin
McKinney Falls State Park lower falls
— — limestone the creek has been polishing for a long time.
in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, on the cliff face east of Miners Beach
Pictured Rocks Bridalveil Falls
— — a ribbon the lake can almost reach.
Arizona · United States
a North Canyon waterfall
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a Zion spring waterfall
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Alberta Falls
Virginia · United States
Apple Orchard Falls
Montana · United States
Baring Falls
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Bird Woman Falls plunging
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Bird Woman Falls plunging
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Bridal Veil Falls cascading
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Bridal Veil Falls cascading
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Bridal Veil Falls Telluride San Juans
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Bridalveil Fall
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Bridalveil Fall
Alaska · United States
Brooks Falls
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Brooks Falls
Tennessee · United States
Burgess Falls plunging 136
New Jersey · United States
Buttermilk Falls
New York · United States
Buttermilk Falls State Park
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Cascade Falls tumbling
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Cascade River Falls plunging
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Chasm Falls
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Copeland Falls
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Crabtree Falls
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Crabtree Falls
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Cunningham Falls cascading
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Dark Hollow Falls in
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Deer Creek Falls along the Colorado
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Devil's Kettle Falls
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Dunning Spring waterfall
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Fall Creek Falls main
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Falls Park
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Falls Park
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Florence Falls hidden in
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Foster Falls
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Glacier Falls
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Grand Canyon Havasu Falls
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Great Falls of the Potomac
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Great Falls Park on the Virginia side of
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Grotto Falls
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Grotto Falls on Roaring Fork
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Havasu Falls against its red sandstone
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Havasu Falls and Navajo Falls in
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Hiawatha Falls
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Hidden Falls
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High Falls Gorge near
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High Falls of the Manitou River
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High Falls of the Pigeon River
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Horsetail Fall
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Illilouette Fall
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Jemez Falls
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Kaaterskill Falls
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Kent Falls State Park
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Kent Falls State Park
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Keystone Canyon waterfalls near
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Latourell Falls plunging
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Lewis Falls near Big Meadows in
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Little Spearfish Falls cascading
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Lost Creek Falls
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McDonald Falls cascade in
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Minnehaha Falls cascading over
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Mooney Falls Supai
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Muddy Creek Falls
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Multnomah Falls plunging
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Mystery Falls on the
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Mystic Falls
Oklahoma · United States
Natural Falls State Park
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Nevada Fall
New York · United States
Niagara Falls Horseshoe Falls
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Nugget Falls beside Mendenhall
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Ouzel Falls
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Palisade Falls
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Pillsbury Crossing waterfall on
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Pine Creek Falls dropping
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Pine Creek Falls in
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Plaikni Falls cascading down
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Rainbow Falls on the Bullhead Trail
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Ribbon Fall
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Ribbon Falls
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Roughlock Falls
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Roughlock Falls cascading
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Running Eagle Falls dropping
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Running Eagle Falls Trick
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Saint Mary Falls dropping a ledge
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Shell Falls
Nebraska · United States
Snake River Falls on the Niobrara
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St Mary Falls
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Tahquamenon Falls Lower Falls splitting in
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Tahquamenon Falls Upper Falls thundering in
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Taughannock Falls near Trumansburg
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Taylors Falls Dalles of the St
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the American Falls and Bridal Veil
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the Cataract Falls cascade
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the Great Falls of Paterson on
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the Indian Garden waterfall
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the Letchworth Upper Falls
Vermont · United States
the Lower Falls of Otter Creek
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the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
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the Lower Yosemite Fall
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the Sioux Falls Falls
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the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone
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the Upper Yosemite Fall
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Timberline Falls on the
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Tower Fall on the
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Tunnel Falls on Eagle Creek
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Turner Falls
Tennessee · United States
Twin Falls
Montana · United States
Two Medicine Aster Falls
above Madonna di Campiglio
Vallesinella Falls
— a cathedral of moss and falling water.
Arizona · United States
Vasey's Paradise spring waterfall
Minnesota · United States
Vermilion Falls
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Vernal Fall
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Vernal Fall dropping 317 feet along
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Vidae Falls cascading over
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Virginia Falls cascade in
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Virginia Falls dropping a tiered cascade
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Wahkeena Falls cascading down the basalt
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Yosemite Falls
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Yosemite Falls
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Yosemite Falls
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Yosemite Falls
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Yosemite Falls plunging 2425
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Yosemite hanging valley waterfall
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Yosemite Valley Horsetail Fall
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Yosemite Valley spring waterfall
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