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   Known Alternate Names:

    Old Mans Falls

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Visual Magnitude:

140

Absolute Magnitude:

N/A

BWR (Class):

8.41  (Class 9)

Scenic Rating:
(graded on a curve)

82 / 100

   Grandeur:

27 / 35

   Scenery:

18 / 35

   Volume:

16 / 10

   Height:

5 / 10

   Width:

7 / 10

English

Metric

Total Height:

741 feet

226 meters

Tallest Single Drop:

741 feet

226 meters

Number of Drops:

1

Waterfall Type:

Block

Average Width:

370 feet

113 meters

Average Volume:

23,400 cubic feet / sec.

663 cubic meters / sec.

Maximum Recorded Volume:

Watercourse:

Potaro River

Seasonality:

Perennial

Seasons of Best Flow:

1

Continent:

South America

Country:

Guyana

State / Province:

Mazaruni-Potaro

Locality:

Guyana Highlands

Specific Location:

Kaieteir Gorge

Latitude / Longitude:

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Kaieteur Falls, easily one of the most powerful falls on the planet, has the rare combination of great height and great volume. Only India's Jog Falls can rival this combination. The falls consist of a sheer plunge of 741 feet, followed by a short series of steep cascades, which is often included in some measurements of the falls (which brings the total up to 822 feet).

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http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=90521088&size=l
http://members.tripod.com/steve-powell/guyana/pictures/country/kaieteur/kaieteur.htm
http://www.landiss.com/falls.htm
http://www.geocities.com/ttfnc2/guy2002/kaieteur.html

2006-04-15 - Updated Top 100 status

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