In which country will you find the Angel Falls – the highest waterfall in the country?

Angel Falls, Spanish Salto Ángel, also called Salto Churún Merú, waterfall in the Guiana Highlands in Bolívar state, southeastern Venezuela, on the Churún River, a tributary of the Caroní, 160 miles (260 km) southeast of Ciudad Bolívar. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world’s tallest waterfall, with a total height of 3212 feet (979 meters). This total height includes a single uninterrupted drop of 2648 feet (807 meters), plus 564 feet (172 meters) of steep cascades and smaller drops downstream from the main falls.

Angel Falls was named for James Angel, an American pilot, who in 1933 was the first aviator to fly over the falls. Within a few years, Angel’s story of a “mile-high waterfall” had been widely publicized through stories and trivia items in popular media. This occurred before the height of the falls was properly measured and before the name Angel Falls was in popular use

Angel falls has been in its current location for thousands of years. It will remain there until gravity pulls another block of the highly fractured sandstone away from the mountain. The block will fall to the ground and explode into a catastrophic rain of rock. The river will flow without interruption, but the position of the waterfall will change.

 

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