December 3rd, 2007:
Bryan and I got wind of a newly discovered tall waterfall in Peru (Thanks, Leslie!) not far from Catarata Gocta. While digging up what info we could find, another tall local waterfall turned up. The new entries are Catarata Yumbilla, and Cataratas la Chinata at 870m and 580m respectively. Bryan and I suspect that as regional interest grows, more of these falls will be \\\"discovered\\\" from time to time. I suspect at least 3, perhaps as many as 6 more falls in Peru that will ultimately top 700m.
October 4th, 2006:
After years of fruitless research, we have finally unearthed a photo of Kynrem Falls, a 1000 foot 3 tiered leap off the edge of a plateau in the Cherrapunjee region of India. We have added a link to the photo.
August 20th, 2006:
John Lasher from New South Wales has informed us that the rumored 640 meter drop of Marengo Falls is nothing but a pipe dream. He states that the local tourist center has pegged the falls at 62 meters, a far cry from 2000 feet. Looks like yet another case of the decimal place migrating too far.
Also, we do realise we have not been dealing with submitted materials in as timely a fashion as we have in the past. We have a substantial backlog of photos to get online, and they will get online eventually. Other projects are currently taking most of our time and attention, but several are nearing completion, so look for some additions to this database some time soon. We appreciate your support, please keep the pictures coming, and we will do our best to get them online as fast as possible.
May 25th, 2006:
We have been having intermittent outages because our host is preparing to migrate their hosted accounts to a new set of servers. We expect most of the problems to be done with, but do not be surprised if similar short outages occur for periods up to 24 hours through the middle of July. Thanks for your patience. Lots of new stuff coming this summer.
April 15th 2006:
As some of you may have noticed, we had a brief spout with our server. Seems we were the figure of a minor-league Denial of Service attack - a page was being overly accessed in a short period of time, which caused a strain on the server. Considering we had 10x the normal traffic last month when the news of the Gocta Waterfall broke without much incident, we are fairly certain we know who is behind the attack and will be taking appropriate measures to ensure it will not happen again.
This has also given us a chance to fix a pair of weak points to the website, as well as conduct a thorough audit of our Top 100 list. We have gotten a lot of complaints about not having Iguacu Falls on the Top 10, and have decided that it does indeed deserve a spot on the list. We\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve also added and removed several others.
March 13th 2006:
Bryan got an email update regarding a new MONSTER of a waterfall in Peru, called Catarata Gocta. It is indeed a monster, checking in at 771 meters or 2530 for you non-metric types. It consists of two huge leaps.
January 25th 2006:
We have migrated the site to a dedicated account for future expansion. Planning is underway for some significant overhauls that should be implimented some time this summer. Right now we are conducting in depth surveys of both British Columbia and India and new waterfalls will be added to the database accordingly.
December 6th 2005:
Added the remaining portion of the Hawaiian database. The heights of these waterfalls are primarily derived from studying the USGS topo maps. Accuracy should be to within 20 feet of the figure given.
December 1st 2005:
Been doing a little digging in the Patagonia region of South America and we have uncovered a pair of large falls down that way. The Garganta del Diablo Waterfall in Queulat National Park in Argentina looks to be a 1500 foot tall drop with as many as seven side-by-side channels plummetting off a large glacier on a dormant volcano. Cascada de Ventisquero Colgante was an even better find - a juggernaut plunging between 1400 and 2000 feet straight out of a glacier in the northern Lakes region of Chile. Both falls look to be easy to access via guided tours.
August 21th 2005:
We have added pictures to several waterfalls, thanks to all who have submitted photos, and keep them coming. Pictures for Bridal Veil Falls in Provo, Utah (perhaps the best pictures we have seen of that waterfall) are up, as are shots for Jog Falls in India, Feigefossen, Krunefossen and Nyastølfossen (second picture) in Norway and the elusive Salto Yutaje in Venezuela.
August 5th 2005:
Added a picture of Chirombo (Izi) Falls, courtesy of Ilse Mwanza and Quentin Allen with many thanks.
July 31st 2005:
Added pictures of Victoria Falls, courtesy of Scotch Macaskill.
July 27th 2005:
Added 400 meter Cascade du Moulin Marquis to the database. Fairly impressive waterfall when it flows well. This one had eluded us up to this point, so it would not surprise me if there are several more waterfalls of significant size hiding in the French landscape.
April 29th 2005:
Added a picture of Washington States Crater Creek Falls.
In other news, we have been doing some extensive research and pillaging of New Zealand, and we have found several monsterous waterfalls which will be added to the database shortly. One which we have already added is the unofficially named Mount Taurus Falls, which drops 400 meters off the shoulder of, yes, Mount Taurus. Like many waterfalls of New Zealand, it looks to be well isolated, but well worth however long of a trip is necessary to reach it. See the Updates Page for a ling and The Waterfall Blog for more.
April 2nd 2005:
Added a picture and updated the information for An Steall Ban. Thanks to Cameron Morrison for the goods. Also added the legendary, and until 1998, undiscovered Hidden Falls in the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet.
March 27th 2005:
Added a link to Kongou Falls in Gabon. Its a monster.
March 14th 2005:
Added a couple pictures of Californias obscure Niagara Creek Falls. Special thanks to Jim Long for sending them to me.
March 10th 2005:
Been a while since we did anything major here. We found a site detailing several of the major waterfalls in Switzerland, and we have updated several of our records accordingly. In addition, we have also added a handful of new falls to the database, also from Switzerland.
December 6th 2004:
Added a picture of Søtefossen to the database, courtesey of Kjetil Gjerde.
December 1st 2004:
Added a picture of Kalambo Falls to the database, courtesey of Ilse Mwanza.
October 22nd 2004:
Added the nearly 400 meter Barehipani Falls in India to the database.
If its not blatantly obvious, you can see that the site has undergone a massive facelift. We are still working out some small kinks, but should have everything taken care of within a few days (hopefully).
The other changes, which might not be terribly obvious at first, are in the database. We have been hard at work uncovering new information for many of the waterfalls featured in the database. A brief overview of the most noteworthy changes are listed below.
Starting in the United States, we have uncovered some information about the waterfalls in Yosemite National Park which answered several questions for us. Silver Strand Falls, to start, is not, as commonly thought, 1170 feet tall, but rather 574 feet tall. Close examination of topographical maps prove this. Secondly, and perhaps most shockingly, the two falls on the Merced River which comprise the Giant Staircase, Vernal and Nevada Falls, were both shown to be much shorter than previously thought. Nevada Falls appears to only stand about 420 feet tall, versus 594 feet as commonly thought, and Vernal Falls really is only about 200 feet tall, rather than 317 feet. Since Vernal Falls stands below our requirement of a 300 foot height for inclusion in the database, it has been removed from the database.
Moving on, the Puteri Waterfall in Malaysia, which we had previously cited as standing 1640 feet tall, has been shown to be less than 200 feet tall, possibly 164 feet, which would explain the discrepancy. The previous figure took into consideration the elevation change of practically the entire stream. Again, because the falls are less than 300 feet tall, they have been removed.
In India, we found evidence that Dudhsagar Falls, commonly thought to be 1968 feet, or 600 meters, tall, actually stands 1017 feet, or 310 meters tall. The reasoning for this misrepresentation is unknown, but the true height of the falls is well documented, and stated on a large sign at the site.
And as always, we have kept busy updating our information. At present count, we have 209 waterfalls recorded as being 1000 feet tall or higher, and almost 800 waterfalls recorded in the database. We have added pictures of several waterfalls in the western United States, as well as a handful around the world. Thanks to those of you who have submitted pictures. Please, keep them coming.
Until next time - Bryan and Dean
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