what is the highest one drop waterfall in the world?
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angel falls named after the man who found them
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I would have to say the Maldive Islands. There is far more marine life than anywhere else. Coral, manta-rays, sharks, turtles, eels can be encountered on a single dive... awesome!
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Kilimanjaro carries a few titles of "highest" according to the pages...  One is highest in Africa, one as highest active volcano, and another as highest free-standing peak (no mountain range like Himilayas).  Samahani, can't find a listing that goes far enough down for a rank in peak height in the world; it's after 50 at least I think!\n\nFrom first source:  Rising to a height of 5, 985 meters, (19,340 feet) Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa, arguably the world's highest volcano and the highest freestanding mountain in the world. It also takes its place as one of the 'Seven Summits', a holy grail for climbers consisting of the highest peaks in each of the seven continents. \n\nFrom second source:  Africa's tallest mountain (der höchste Berg Afrikas) was long thought to be nothing but a legend. After all, how could there be a snow-capped peak just three degrees south of the equator? But German-speaking explorers were the first Europeans to ever see and climb Kilimanjaro—and establish the mountain's existence.\nKilimanjaro is also the world's highest mountain that can be climbed by hiking (walking), but the lower, more jagged Mawensi volcanic peak (17,564 ft) was not climbed until 1912 and requires mountaineering experience.
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Waterfalls normally don't dry up because the stream that feeds them doesn't dry up. However, some of the waterfalls in the Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory of Australia such as the Jim Jim Falls and the Twin Falls have been known to dry up during the dry season and start again in the wet season as the creeks that feed them resume running.
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Niagara Falls (43°4′54.68″N, 79°4′19.5″W) is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and Canada. Niagara Falls (French: chutes Niagara) comprises three separate waterfalls: the Horseshoe Falls (sometimes called the Canadian Falls), the American Falls, and the smaller, adjacent Bridal Veil Falls. While not exceptionally high, Niagara Falls is very wide. With more than 168,000 cubic metres (6 million cubic feet) of water falling over the crestline every minute [1] it is the most powerful waterfall in North America [2] and possibly the best-known in the world.\n\nNiagara Falls is renowned for its beauty, and is both a valuable source of hydroelectric power and a challenging project for environmental preservation. A popular tourist site for over a century, the natural wonder is shared between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario.\nThe historical roots of Niagara Falls lie in the Wisconsin glaciation, which ended some 10,000 years ago. Both the North American Great Lakes and the Niagara River are effects of this last continental ice sheet, an enormous glacier that crept across the area from eastern Canada. The glacier drove through the area like a giant bulldozer, grinding up rocks and soil, moving them around, and deepening some river channels to make lakes. It dammed others with debris, forcing these rivers to make new channels. It is thought that there is an old valley, buried by glacial drift, at the approximate location of the present Welland Canal.\n\nAfter the ice melted back, drainage from the upper Great Lakes became the present-day Niagara River, which could not follow the old filled valley, so it found the lowest outlet on the rearranged topography. In time the river cut a gorge across the Niagara Escarpment, the north facing cliff or cuesta formed by erosion of the southwardly dipping (tilted) and resistant Lockport formation between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. In doing so it exposed old marine rocks that are much older than the geologically recent glaciation. Three major formations are exposed in the gorge that was cut by the Niagara River.\n\n \nThe Horseshoe Falls, one of the three Niagara Falls.When the newly established river encountered the erosion-resistant Lockport dolostone, the hard layer eroded much more slowly than the underlying softer rocks. The aerial photo clearly shows the hard caprock, the Lockport Formation (Middle Silurian), which underlies the rapids above the falls and approximately the upper third of the gorge wall. It is composed of very dense, hard and very strong limestone and dolostone.\n\nImmediately below, comprising about two thirds of the cliff is the weaker, softer and more crumbly and sloping Rochester Formation (Lower Silurian). It is mainly shale, though it has some thin limestone layers, and contains large quantities of fossils. Because it erodes more easily, the river has undercut the hard cap rock and created the falls.\n\nSubmerged in the river in the lower valley, hidden from view, is the Queenston Formation (Upper Ordovician), which is composed of shales and fine sandstones. All three formations were laid down in an ancient sea, and their differences of character derive from changing conditions within that sea.\n\n \nNiagara Falls from space, April 2001The original Niagara Falls were near the sites of present-day Lewiston, New York, and Queenston, Ontario, but erosion of their crest has caused the waterfalls to retreat several miles southward. Just upstream from the Falls' current location, Goat Island splits the course of the Niagara River, resulting in the separation of the Horseshoe Falls to the west from the American and Bridal Veil Falls to the east. Although erosion and recession have been slowed in this century by engineering, the falls will eventually recede far enough to drain most of Lake Erie, the bottom of which is higher than the bottom of
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I always like to say the Mauna Loa volcano, which from base to peak is 1-2,000 feet higher than Mt. Everest. 16,000 ft. of it is below sea level though hehe. \n\nThe wording of the question prolly means Everest is a better answer but, everyone else already answered Everest anyways hehe.
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I think you mean *Switzerland* (which *is* landlocked).  The most famous mountain there is the Matterhorn (which was the basis of the rollercoaster ride in Disneyland...).\n\nIts height is 14,683 ft (or 4,478m) and on July 14, 1865, the British climbing party of Edward Whymper, Charles Hudson, Lord Francis Douglas, and Douglas Hadow, with Michel Croz and the two Peter Taugwalders (father and son) tried the Hörnli route and found it considerably easier than expected. On the descent Hadow slipped, knocking Croz off his feet, and dragging Hudson and Douglas with him. The rope connecting them to the other three men broke; the four fell to their deaths on the Matterhorn Glacier 1,400 m below.  (I think your clue is off here because seven made it to the top, but *four* died leaving only *three* that made it down.)  Switzerland is known for alpine horns and chocolates.  \n\nThe answer has to be the Matterhorn in Switzerland...
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When a waterfall, such as the tallest waterfall in the world, Feather Falls, tumbles, it is rarely more beautiful than an obviousness, such as a mirror on a moving train refracting light falling on a different location as the train moves. No?
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Mt. Wilhelm Adventure Trek\nMountain Climbing the Tallest Peak in Papua New Guinea
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From highest to lowest:\n\nYokozuna\nOzeki\nSekiwake\nKomusubi\nMaegashira\nJuryo\nMakushita\nSandanme\nJonidan\nJonokuchi
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go and check out the waterfall, I hear that's pretty good fun
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Dissolved minerals in tap water and surfactants such as oil reduce the surface tension, so rainwater being the most pure should have the highest surface tension.
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Danny Way from Encinitas I believe.  He also just dropped down from the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel guitar onto a quarter pipe to set the Guinness Record for farthest drop on a skateboard.
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Cherrapunji is a town in Meghalaya, India which is credited as being one of the world's wettest places. It holds two Guinness world records:\n\nFor receiving the maximum amount of rainfall in a single year: 22,987 mm (904.9973 inches) of rainfall between August 1860 and July 1861 \nFor receiving the maximum amount of rainfall in a single month: 9299.96 mm (366.14 in) in July 1861. \nCherrapunji's yearly rainfall average stands at 11,430 mm (450 in). This figure places it behind only nearby Mawsynram, Meghalaya, whose average is 11,873 mm (467 in)[1], and Mount Waiʻaleʻale on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, whose average is 11,684 mm (460 in).
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Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak! Its base is on the sea floor and it rises 33,480 feet (10,314 meters) in total, reaching 13,796 feet (4205 m) above sea level.
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These are various information off the internet.. copy paste, as well as some websites. \n\n\nThe Khumbu Glacier is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal and flows down from the Khumbu Icefall on the southern slopes of Mount Everest. Khumbu is the biggest glacier in Nepal.\n\nKhumbu \nKhumbu is one of three subregions of the main Sherpa settlement of the Himalaya, the other two being Solu and Pharak. Khumbu is located in northeastern Nepal and includes the town of Namche Bazaar as well as the villages of Thami, Khumjung, Pangboche and Kunde. The famous Buddhist monastery at Tengboche is also located in the Khumbu.\n\nDue to its location in the Himalaya, the Khumbu's elevation ranges from 3,300 metres (11,000') all the way to the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest at 8,850m (29,035'). Sagarmatha National Park is also enclosed within the Khumbu region\nKhumbu Icefall \n \nThe Khumbu Icefall is an icefall at the head of the Khumbu Glacier.\n\nThe icefall is found at 5,486 metres (18,000 feet) on the Nepali slopes of Mount Everest not far above Base Camp and southwest of the summit. The icefall is regarded as one of the most dangerous stages of the climb to Everest’s summit. The Khumbu glacier that forms the icefall moves at such speed that large crevasses open with little warning. The large towers of ice or seracs found at the icefall have been known suddenly to collapse. It is estimated that the glacier advances three to four feet (~0.9 to 1.2 m) down the mountain every day.\n\nSince the structures are continually changing, crossing the Khumbu Icefall is extremely dangerous. Even extensive rope and ladder crossings cannot prevent loss of life. Many people have died in this area. Exposed crevasses may be easy to avoid, but those buried under snow can form treacherous snow bridges through which unwary climbers can fall.\n\n\n\nhttp://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/55408e/55408e02.htm\n\nhttp://www.geophys.washington.edu/~lar/p43abs.pdf#search='khumbu%20Glacier'
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victoria falls -i have even been there so dead sure about it(beautiful sight),