Salto Angel - Venezuela
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Moggus
N 05° 58.050 W 062° 32.133
20N E 551404 N 659633
with 979 meters the highest waterfall on earth
Waymark Code: WMVVXB
Location: Venezuela
Date Posted: 05/31/2017
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Angel Falls (Spanish: Salto Ángel; Pemon language: Kerepakupai Meru meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", or Parakupá Vená, meaning "the fall from the highest point") is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 meters (2,648 ft). The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima), a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolívar State. The height figure 979 metres (3,212 ft) mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about 400 metres (0.25 mi) of sloped cascade and rapids below the drop and a 30-metre (98 ft) high plunge downstream of the talus rapids.
The falls are along a fork of the Rio Kerepacupai Meru which flows into the Churun River, a tributary of the Carrao River, itself a tributary of the Orinoco River.
Type: Plunge
Waterfall Height: 3212
Viewpoint: Bottom
Path Up and Down: None
Walk Behind: Not at all
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
Watercourse: Not listed
Seasonality: Not listed
Seasons of Best Flow: Not listed
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