WATER FALLS
Sudden fall of water from the bed of a river to a good depth, caused by the presence of hard and steep rock in the passage of water course of a river.
Q2. What are the types of waterfalls?
1. Block
2. Cataract
3. Cascade
4. Horse Tail
5. Plunge
6.Punch Bowl
7. Segmented
8. Tiered and
9. Multi Step.
Q3. What is a Block Waterfall?
Water descending from a relatively wide stream or riv er.
Q4. What is a Cataract?
A large waterfall.
Q5. What is a Cascade?
Water descending over a series of rock steps.
Q6. What is a Horsetail waterfall?
Descending water maintaining some contact with the bed rock surface.
Q7. What is a Plunge Waterfall?
Water descending vertically, without any contact with the bed rock surface.
Q8. What is a Punch Bowl waterfall?
Water descending in a constricted form, then spreads out in a wider pool.
Q9. What is a Segmented waterfall?
Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends.
Q10. What is a Tiered waterfall?
Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls.
Q11. What is a Multi Step waterfall?
A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge wool.
Q12.
Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
ANGEL FALLS: Venezeula. Its waterfall is 979 meter/3212 feet, with an uninterrupted fall of 2648 feet. Named after American aviator JamesCrawford Angel who located it during one of his flights in 1935. It lies in the Canaima National Park.
Q13.
Where is the widest waterfall in the world?
IGUAZU FALLS -- Argentina - Brazil border. Stretches for about 2.7 Kms. comprises 270 falls. Of them, "Devil's Throat" is the largest, considered twice or even more wider than the famous Niagara Falls.
Q14.
Where is the famous "Niagara Falls"?
Shared between US and Canada. Comprises of three waterfalls. 1. Canadian on Canada and 2. American and 3.Bridal Veil on the American side.
Q15. What is the name of the island formed by Niagara Falls?
Goat island.
Q16. Where is Victoria Falls?
Also called Mosl-oa-Tonga locally in African countries Zambia and Zimbabwe. As a single falls it is the longest in the world, 108meter/368 feet in height and 1.7 Kms in breadth. It is on the Zambesi river, shared by Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is a UNESCO declared world heritage site.
Q17. Which is the second highest water fall in the world?
Tughela Falls - 947 mtr/3110 feet - located on the Royal Natal Province, South Africa.
Q18.
Where is "Doodhsagar Falls" in India?
Meaning "Sea of Milk" it is on Mandovi river on the Goa side of the Goa-Karnataka border - 310 meters in height - lies on the Goa-Bengaluru railway line.
On the Shravati river in Shimoga Dt. of Karnataka - 253 m/829 feet height. Also called Gersoppa Falls.
Q20.
Where is Shivasamudram Falls?
Across river Cauvery in Mysore Dt., Karnataka - 650 feet in height.
Q21.
Where is Hogenakkal Falls, a famous tourist spot in Tamilnadu?
Across Cauvery river in Dharmapuri Dist., Tamilnadu.
Q22.
Where is the famous Coutrallam Falls?
Tenkasi Dt of Tamilnadu on the western ghats. A famous picnic spot.
