List of waterfalls by type
[3][4][5] Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.
A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.
Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool.
Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock.
Ephemeral waterfalls flow only after periods of heavy rain or significant snowmelt.
Jog Falls, India's second highest plunge waterfall, is made up of four distinct, segmented falls, and is fed by the Sharavathi River. The tallest plunges 830 ft (253 m) into a deep chasm in a continuous column of water.
Ulaan tsutgalan in
Mongolia
During Summer 2023, the background is showing more geological structures formations and farther geological features
The Popinolashki waterfall
An example of an ephemeral waterfall. This one, when flowing, feeds into the
Chagrin River
(
Ohio
).
