The following is a list of waterfalls by type.
Plunge: Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.What is a Waterfall? archived from the original 2011-07-18, retrieved 2012-07-18 Horsetail: Descending water maintains some contact with bedrock. Cataract: A large, powerful waterfall. Multi-step: A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool. Block: Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river. Cascade: Water descends a series of rock steps. Segmented: Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends. Tiered: Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls. Punchbowl: Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool. Fan: Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock.
Some waterfalls are also distinct in that they do not flow continuously. Ephemeral waterfalls only flow after a rain or a significant snowmelt.https://www.terragalleria.com Ephemeral waterfall seen from inside cave. Mammoth Cave National Park.https://www.kidsdiscover.com About Horsetail Falls, One of Yosemite's Ephemeral Waterfalls.https://www.wncwaterfalls Bird Rock Falls.
Plunge Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.
Australia
Blencoe Falls Curtis Falls Dangar Falls Delaneys Falls Ellenborough Falls Fitzroy Falls Hopetoun Falls Jim Jim Falls Millaa Millaa Falls Philosopher Falls Purlingbrook Falls Queen Mary Falls Tolmer Falls St Georges Falls Wallaman Falls Yabba Falls
Bangladesh Madhabkunda waterfall
Brazil Cachoeira da Fumaça Caracol falls
Canada
Brandywine Falls Bridal Veil Falls Chute Kabir Kouba Grand Falls Helmcken Falls Horseshoe Falls Hunlen Falls Kakabeka Falls Panther Falls Pissing Mare Falls Sandy Pond Falls Spahats Creek Falls
Costa Rica La Fortuna Waterfall La Paz Waterfall
Estonia Jägala Falls Keila Falls Valaste Falls
Finland
Kitsiputous Pitsusköngäs
France Carbet Falls Trou de Fer
Guyana Kaieteur Falls
Hungary Lillafüred
Iceland
Öxarárfoss Seljalandsfoss Skógafoss Svartifoss
India
Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunjee- India's highest waterfalls. Jog Falls Shivanasamudra Falls
Indonesia
Sipisopiso Coban Wolu Falls Coban Rondo Falls Kapas Biru Falls Penimbungan Falls Lembah Anai Falls Cimahi Falls Matayangu Falls Cimarinjung Falls Merdai Falls Bajing Falls Coban Baung Falls Coban Pelangi Falls
Japan Hannoki Falls Kegon Falls Nachi Falls Shōmyō Falls
Lesotho Maletsunyane Falls
Mexico Basaseachic Falls Piedra Volada
Mongolia
Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall
Nepal
Pachal waterfall
New Zealand
Bridal Veil Falls Rainbow Falls Tutea falls - cataract type waterfall Wairere Falls
Norway Kjelfossen Månafossen Mardalsfossen Ringedalsfossen or Skykkjedalsfossen Rjukan Falls Skrikjofossen Tyssestrengene Vettisfossen
South Africa Berlin Falls Mac-Mac Falls Tugela Falls Waterfall Bluff
Sri Lanka Laxapana Falls Diyaluma falls babarakanda falls
Taiwan Jiao Lung Waterfall
Uganda
Sipi Falls
United Kingdom
Devil's Appendix Ffrwd Fawr Waterfall Hardraw Force Melincourt Falls Pistyll Rhaeadr Sgwd Henrhyd
United States
Akaka Falls State Park Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County) Bridal Veil Falls (Telluride) Bridal Veil Falls (Washington) Bridalveil Fall (California) DeSoto Falls Douglas Falls Fall Creek Falls Feather Falls Havasu Falls Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls High Shoals Falls Iris Falls Lake Peigneur Drilling Disaster (Louisiana) Looking Glass Falls McWay Falls Minnehaha Falls Mooney Falls Moore Cove Falls Moose Falls Noccalula Falls Park Ozone Falls Palouse Falls Pearl Falls Rainbow Falls Raven Cliff Falls Ribbon Fall Slick Rock Falls Snoqualmie Falls Taughannock Falls Toccoa Falls Toketee Falls Tower Fall Vermillion Falls Vernal Fall Virgin Falls Wailua Falls Watson Falls Window Falls Yahoo Falls Yellowstone Falls
Venezuela Angel Falls Cuquenan Falls
Zambia Kalambo Falls
Horsetail Descending water maintains some contact with bedrock.
Australia Myrtle Forest Falls Seventh Falls Silver Falls Silverband Falls Steavenson Falls
Bosnia and Herzegovina Skakavac
Bulgaria
Babsko Praskalo – Boyana Waterfall – Goritsa Waterfall – Karlovsko Praskalo – Skakavitsa Waterfall – Vratsa waterfalls Skaklia (ephemeral) – Borov Kamak – Raysko Praskalo – , highest waterfall in the Balkans
Canada
Alfred Creek Falls Bergeron Falls Bridal Veil Falls Cascade Falls Cliff Lake Falls Crypt Falls Francis Falls Gold Creek Falls James Bruce Falls Kingcome Valley Falls Lineham Falls Michelle Falls Middle Cummins Falls Montmorency Falls Odegaard Falls Shannon Falls Snowshoe Creek Falls Takakkaw Falls Upper Geraldine Falls Uisge Ban Falls
Iceland Glymur Háifoss
India
Jog Falls Athirappilly Falls Duduma Falls Kedumari Falls Khandadhar Falls Manikyadhara Falls Palaruvi Falls Rajat Prapat Sogal Sweet Falls Thalaiyar Falls
Ireland Powerscourt Waterfall
Lesotho Maletsunyane Falls
New Zealand
Humboldt Falls Lady Alice Falls Mount Damper Falls Wainui Falls
North Macedonia Smolare Waterfall
Norway
Stalheimsfossen Vøringsfossen White Drin Waterfall
Philippines
Maria Cristina Falls Pagsanjan Falls
Slovenia Sava Bohinjka
South Africa
Howick Falls
Sri Lanka
Aberdeen Bambarakanda Falls Diyaluma Falls Elgin Falls Rawan Ella
Switzerland Reichenbach Falls Staubbach Fall
United Kingdom Grey Mare's Tail, Conwy River Lyd Spout of Garnock
United States
Alamere Falls Anna Ruby Falls Cochrans Falls Courthouse Falls Darwin Falls DeSoto Falls Dick's Creek Falls Dukes Creek Fish Creek Falls Glassmine Falls Hickory Nut Falls Hiʻilawe Waterfall Holcomb Creek Falls Makahiku Falls Minnehaha Falls Nevada Fall Rainbow Falls Silver Strand Falls Waihilau Falls
Cataract A large, powerful waterfall.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Boyoma Falls
Mali Gouina Falls
Zambia/Zimbabwe Victoria Falls
India
Chitrakoot Falls Gokak Falls Kakolat Thoovanam Waterfalls Tirparappu Waterfalls
Indonesia Banangar Falls Malela Falls Temam Falls Riam Merasap Falls
Argentina/Brazil
Iguaçu Falls
Multi-step A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.
Bulgaria
Popinolashki waterfall –
Ghana Kintampo waterfalls
Morocco Ouzoud Falls
Japan
Fukuroda Falls
Estonia Jägala Falls
Iceland Dettifoss Goðafoss Gullfoss Selfoss
Block Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river.
Ethiopia
Blue Nile Falls
Cambodia Ka Choung
China Huangguoshu Waterfall
India
Abbey Falls Aruvikkuzhi Waterfalls Athirappilly Falls Teerathgarh Falls
Korea Cheonjeyeon Waterfall
Zambia Ngonye Falls
Bosnia and Herzegovina Pliva Waterfall
Iceland Faxi Þjófafoss
Switzerland
Rhine Falls
Turkey Manavgat Waterfall
United Kingdom Aysgarth Falls Cotter Force Kisdon Force Low Force
Canada
Bow Falls Churchill Falls Fenelon Falls, Ontario Horseshoe Falls Niagara Falls Overlander Falls Wapta Falls
Mexico
Agua Azul
United States American Falls Burgess Falls Cohoes Falls Cumberland Falls Hooker Falls Niagara Falls Rainbow Falls Saint Anthony Falls Shoshone Falls Upper Mesa Falls Willamette Falls
Australia
Bridal Veil Falls Fernhook Falls Millstream Falls
Brazil Guaíra Falls
Cascade Water descends a series of rock steps.
Australia
Barron Falls Bloomfield Falls Dinner Falls Elabana Falls Goomoolahra Falls Josephine Falls Kearneys Falls Lobster Falls Stoney Creek Falls Surprise Creek Falls Tully Falls Lady Barron Falls Liffey Cascade Liffey Falls Balaka Falls Serpentine Falls
Austria
Krimmler Wasserfälle
Canada
Albion Falls Alfred Creek Falls Angel's Staircase Falls Athabasca Falls Elbow Falls Helen Falls Inglis Falls Kitchener Creek Falls Margaret Falls Nymph Falls Pokiok Falls Sandy Pond Falls Sicamous Creek Falls Thunder Falls
China Hukou Waterfall
Finland Hepoköngäs
Germany Triberg Waterfalls
Iceland
Aldeyjarfoss Barnafossar Ófærufoss
India
Chunchanakatte Falls Courtallam Hanumangundi falls Irupu Falls Jog Falls Kiliyur Falls Monkey Falls Siruvani Waterfalls Thusharagiri Falls Ullakaarvi Vazhachal Falls
Jamaica Dunn's River Falls
Laos
Khone Phapheng Falls
New Zealand
Āniwaniwa Falls Browne Falls Huka Falls Mōkau Falls Purakaunui Falls Tarawera Falls
North Macedonia Koprišnica Waterfall
Norway Kjosfossen Steinsdalsfossen
Philippines Tinuy-an Falls
Russia Kivach waterfall
Sri Lanka Baker's Falls Bopath Ella Falls Ravana Falls St. Clairs Falls
South Africa
Augrabies Falls
United Kingdom
Catrake Force Cenarth Falls Conwy Falls Falls of Bruar High Force Swallow Falls
United States
Batson Creek Falls Bechler Falls Big Manitou Falls Blackwater Falls State Park Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest) Burgess Falls Cascade Falls Connestee Falls Corbin Creek Falls Crabtree Falls Cullasaja Falls Cunningham Falls State Park Dingmans Falls Eastatoe Falls Firehole Falls Fulmer Falls Gibbon Falls Gooseberry Falls Grand Falls Hidden Falls Isaqueena Falls Kepler Cascades Key Falls Lewis Falls Lower Cascades Lucifer Falls McGalliard Falls Mitchell Falls Moravian Falls Mystic Falls Nugget Falls 'Opaeka'a Falls Rainbow Falls Roaring Fork Falls Setrock Creek Falls Sliding Rock Tory's Falls Triple Falls Turtleback Falls Upper Cascades Upper Whitewater Falls Virginia Cascades Walker Falls
Uganda Murchison Falls
Venezuela Llovizna Falls
Segmented Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends.
Australia Florence Falls Guide Falls Halls Falls Horseshoe Falls Nigretta Falls Pencil Pine Falls Russell Falls
Bulgaria
Etropole Waterfall Varovitets – Krushuna Falls –
Canada
Black Brook Waterfall Cauldron Falls Churchill Falls Della Falls Horseshoe Falls Icecap Falls Niagara Falls Nistowiak Falls Twin Falls Virginia Falls
Chile Laja Falls
China Detian – Ban Gioc Falls
Colombia Tequendama Falls
Estonia Keila Falls
Iceland
Dettifoss Dynjandi Hraunfossar
India
Agaya Gangai Athirappilly Falls Hogenakkal Falls Keoti Falls Lushington Falls Magod Falls Meenmutty Falls Sathodi Falls Shivanasamudra Falls Suruli Falls Vattaparai Falls
Iran Margoon Waterfall
Japan Ryūzu Falls
Namibia Ruacana Falls
North Macedonia Kolešino Waterfall
Norway Rjukandefossen Seven Sisters
Thailand Umphang Thee Lor Sue Waterfall
Turkey
Düden Waterfalls
United Kingdom Mynach Falls
United States
Blum Basin Falls Burney Falls Depot Creek Falls Dry Falls Elakala falls Great Falls Three Chute Falls
Tiered Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls.
Australia
Apsley Falls Ebor Falls Lesmurdie Falls Montezuma Falls New Town Falls Second Falls Tin Mine Falls Twin Falls Wentworth Falls Wollomombi Falls
Belize Big Rock Falls
Canada
Alexander Falls Ashlu Falls Aviron Bay Falls Bow Glacier Falls Crescent Falls Crooked Falls Cummins Falls Della Falls Fairy Creek Falls Flood Falls Fossil Falls Harmony Falls Helmet Falls Kerkeslin Falls Les Sept Chutes Michael Falls Moresby Falls Murchison Falls Nairn Falls Peach Creek Falls Petain Creek Falls Place Creek Falls Pyramid Falls Rattling Brook Falls Sideways Falls Silvertip Falls Whispering Falls
Czech Republic Pančavský vodopád
France
Gavarnie Falls
Germany Röthbachfall
India
Barkana Falls Dudhsagar Falls Hebbe Falls Kunchikal Falls Soochipara Falls
Indonesia Parangloe Waterfall Tumpak Sewu Waterfalls
Italy Cascata delle Marmore Cascate del Serio
North Macedonia Roštuše Waterfall
Norway Langfossen Låtefossen Ramnefjellsfossen
Peru Gocta Cataracts Yumbilla falls
Sri Lanka Devon Falls Dunhinda Falls Ramboda Falls
Switzerland
Engstligen Falls Trummelbach Falls
Thailand Kaeng Sopha Nang Rong
United Kingdom Aber Falls Aira Force Canonteign Falls Cautley Spout Dolgoch Falls Eas a' Chual Aluinn Falls of Foyers Grey Mare's Tail, Llanrwst, Conwy Moss Force Pistyll y Llyn Scale Force Steall Waterfall
United States
Amicalola Falls State Park Berdeen Falls Bonita Falls Bridal Veil Falls Calf Creek Falls Chilnualna Falls Comet Falls Eastatoe Falls Kaaterskill Falls Kahiwa Falls Linville Falls Mazama Falls Multnomah Falls