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Athirappilly Falls (അതിരപ്പിള്ളി വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം)
Athirappilly Falls (അതിരപ്പിള്ളി വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം), the Niagara of India, is Kerala's largest waterfall: an 80-foot, 100-meter-wide cascade on the Chalakudy River in Thrissur district, famed for hornbills and a contested 163 MW dam project.
Chitrakote Falls (चित्रकोट जलप्रपात)
Chitrakote Falls (चित्रकोट जलप्रपात), also called Chitrakot, is India's widest waterfall, a 300 m horseshoe cataract on the Indravati River in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, about 38 km from Jagdalpur, nicknamed the Niagara of India.
Dudhsagar Falls
Dudhsagar Falls (Sea of Milk), a four-tiered ~310 m waterfall on the Mandovi River in Goa's Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary near the Karnataka border; reached via Kulem, with regulated jeep and guided-trek access.
Hogenakkal Falls
Hogenakkal Falls (ஒகேனக்கல் நீர்வீழ்ச்சி) is a waterfall and bathing site on the Cauvery river in Tamil Nadu, India, at the river's entry from Karnataka, known for coracle rides.
Jog Falls (ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತ)
Jog Falls (ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತ), also Gerusoppa Falls or Jogada Gundi, is a 253 m plunge waterfall of the Sharavathi River in Shivamogga, Karnataka, with four cascades (Raja, Roarer, Rocket, Rani), regulated by the Linganamakki Dam.
Kalambo Falls
Kalambo Falls is a waterfall and archaeological site in Northern Province, Zambia, near Lake Tanganyika, where excavations since 1953 uncovered the oldest known wooden structure, at least 476,000 years old.
Livingstone Falls
Livingstone Falls (Chutes de Livingstone) is a roughly 350-km chain of rapids and cataracts on the lower Congo River below Malebo Pool, DRC, named by Henry Morton Stanley for David Livingstone after his 1877 descent; the Inga rapids within it anchor a hydropower potential above 40 GW.
Shivanasamudra Falls (ಶಿವನಸಮುದ್ರ ಜಲಪಾತ)
Shivanasamudra Falls (ಶಿವನಸಮುದ್ರ ಜಲಪಾತ), twin Kaveri waterfalls Gaganachukki (90 m) and Bharachukki (69 m) in Mandya-Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, site of Asia's first major hydroelectric station, commissioned 1902 with a 147 km line to Kolar Gold Fields.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya ("the Smoke That Thunders"), is the Zambezi River waterfall on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, the world's largest curtain of falling water at 1,708 m wide and up to 108 m deep, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1989.