Top 5 Greatest Waterfalls In The World

ENGLISH LANGUAGE :
TOP 5 GREATEST WATERFALLS IN

THE WORLD

NAME : MUHAMMAD NAQIUDDIN FARHAN BIN MUHAMMAD AMMAR FARHAN @ BROREY
SCHOOL : SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN KAMPUNG BARU SI RUSA
CLASS : 1 ARIF

1. SUTHERLAND FALLS, NEW ZEALAND

SUTHERLAND FALLS, NEW ZEALAND

• NEW ZEALAND IS A COUNTRY WITH A LOT OF MAJOR WATERFALLS. SUTHERLAND FALLS IS
ONE OF THE HIGHEST WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD. THE HEIGHT OF THIS WATERFALL IS 580 M.
THE FALLS HAD TO HAVE BEEN BY FAR THE MIGHTIEST WATERFALL IN NEW ZEALAND.
SUTHERLAND FALLS ARE NAMED AFTER DONALD SUTHERLAND, A PROSPECTOR WHO BECOME
THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THEM IN 1880.

• IN ORDER TO VISIT THESE FALLS, VISITORS NEED TO HIKE ALONG THE MILFORD TRACK WHICH
IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING WALKING TRAIL IS IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS A CHALLENGING
TREK SO YOU MUST BE WELL EQUIPPED WITH APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, GEAR AND
FOOTWEAR.

2. ANGEL FALLS, VENEZUELA

ANGEL FALLS, VENEZUELA

• ANGEL FALLS IS A WATERFALL IN VENEZUELA. IT IS THE WORLD’S TALLES UNINTERUPTED
WATERFALL, WITH A HEIGHT OF 979 M AND IS ALMOST 19 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE FAMOUS
NIAGARA FALLS. THE FALLS, FIRST SIGHTED BY OUTSIDERS IN THE 1930S, WERE NAMED FOR
JAMES ANGEL, AN AMERICAN ADVENTURER WHO CRASH – LANDED HIS PLANE ON A NEARBY
MESA IN 1937.

• THE JUNGLE AROUND ANGEL FALLS TEEMS WITH WILDLIFE. YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE SEVERAL
SPECIES OF MONKEY AND POISON ARROW FROGS AND AROUND 500 SPECIES OF ORCHIDS
HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE 1930S.

3. JOG FALLS, INDIA

JOG FALLS, INDIA

• JOG FALLS, CREATED BY THE RIVER SHARAVATHI, FALLING FROM A HEIGHT OF 253 METERS
(829 FEET), IS THE SECOND-HIGHEST PLUNGE WATERFALL IN INDIA. LOCATED NEAR SAGARA,
KARNATAKA, THESE SEGMENTED FALLS ARE A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION. THEY ARE ALSO
CALLED GERSOPPA FALLS, GERSOPPA FALLS AND JOGADA GUNDI.

• BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON, JOG FALLS IS NEARLY UNRECOGNIZABLE WITH ONLY A PAIR OF
THIN STREAMS OF WATER TRICKLING DOWN THE CLIFF. BUT DURING THE MONSOON SEASON
THE WATERFALL COMES TO LIFE AND EXCEEDS EVEN KAIETEUR FALLS IN GUYANA IN TERMS OF
HEIGHT AND VOLUME.

4. THE BLUE NILE FALLS, ETHIOPIA

THE BLUE NILE FALLS, ETHIOPIA

• THE BLUE NILE FALLS IS A WATERFALL ON THE BLUE NILE RIVER IN ETHIOPIA. IT IS KNOWN AS
TIS ABAY IN AMHARIC, MEANING “SMOKING WATER”. IT IS SITUATED ON THE UPPER COURSE
OF THE RIVER, ABOUT 30 KM DOWNSTREAM FROM THE TOWN OF BAHIR DAR AND LAKE
TANA.

• ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE WATER IS NOW DIVERTED TO A POWER DAM, IT IS STILL A
BEAUTIFUL SIGHT AND ONE OF ETHIOPIA’S BEST KNOWN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

5. GULLFLOSS, ICELAND

GULLFLOSS, ICELAND

• GULLFOSS MEANS “GOLDEN FALLS” AND IS ONE OF ICELAND’S MOST BEAUTIFUL AND
WITHOUT A DOUBT ICELAND’S MOST POPULAR WATERFALL. GULLFOSS IS A MAGNIFICIENT 32
METER HIGH DOUBLE WATERFALL ON THE WHITE RIVER (HVÍTÁ). IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN ICELAND. THE FLOW OF THE RIVER FROM THE REGULAR
RAINS AND THE GLACIAL RUNOFF, PARTICULARLY IN SUMMER, MAKES IT THE LARGEST VOLUME
FALLS IN EUROPE.

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