Waterfalls

Angel Falls

The world's tallest waterfall, plunging nearly a kilometre from a Venezuelan tepui

Gullfoss

Iceland's thundering Golden Falls, plunging in two stages into a rugged canyon

Iguazu Falls

A vast chain of hundreds of waterfalls on the Argentina-Brazil border

Kaieteur Falls

The world's most powerful single-drop waterfall, deep in the rainforest of Guyana

Niagara Falls

Thundering falls on the US-Canada border, famed for sheer volume rather than height

Sutherland Falls

New Zealand's tallest waterfall, a three-tiered cascade from a glacial lake in Fiordland

Tugela Falls

A towering tiered cascade in South Africa's Drakensberg, among the tallest on Earth

Victoria Falls

The largest sheet of falling water on Earth, where the Zambezi plunges into a chasm