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4 unusual facts about Waterfall


Augustus Porter

Later, around 1847, the brothers attempted to interest investors to develop power from the water drop of the falls by developing a "hydraulic raceway" for both power and transportation.

East Montlake Park

A plaque at the bottom of the totem pole states that it was carved in 1937 by John Dewey Wallace, a Haida chief, in Waterfall, Alaska.

Waterfall, New South Wales

Waterfall is the last suburb heading south on the Princes Highway before it leads into the Southern Freeway (also known as the F6 freeway) to the city of Wollongong.

Waterfall: The Essential Dance Remix Collection

All songs are remixed by DJ Manian of Cascada in the same Eurodance style Cascada was once famous for, before they moved on to the more Pop like style (e.g. Evacuate The Dancefloor) they produce today.


Alexander Hessler

Hessler's portable darkroom work included a widely circulated image of Minnehaha Falls, a waterfall located in what was to become the U.S. city of Minneapolis.

Brooke's Point, Palawan

Although Palawan stands outside the Ring of Fire, hot springs flow a few meters from the waterfall.

Cohoes Falls

In 1804, the national poet of Ireland, Thomas Moore, visited Cohoes and wrote a paean to the waterfall's beauty: "Lines Written at the Cohos, or Falls of the Mohawk River."

Crown Center

Harry Weese designed Westin Crown Center Hotel (in which Signboard Hill is included in the design as a waterfall); Norman Fletcher designed the first residences.

Eyjafjallajökull

The former coastline now consists of sheer cliffs with many waterfalls, of which the best known is Skógafoss.

Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

On 16 February, GBP revealed that the music video for "Waterfall" was being filmed at Chavchavadze House-Museum in Tsinandali and in Tbilisi, directed by Temur Kvirkvelia.

Gljúfrafoss

Gljúfrafoss is a small waterfall north of the larger falls of Seljalandsfoss in Iceland.

Haukadalur

The waterfall Gullfoss is about 10 km to the north in the direction of the Highlands of Iceland and at the beginning of the Kjölur highland road.

Herefoss

The first element is the genitive case of the bird name hegri (Grey Heron) (same as the local river name, Hegra), and the last element is fors which means "waterfall".

History of fountains in the United States

Other fountains, like the Frankin Roosevelt Memorial Waterfall (1997), by architect Lawrence Halprin, were designed as landscapes to illustrate themes.

Hogenakkal

Hogenakkal Falls, a waterfall on the Cauvery river in southern India

Holzgau

The Simms waterfall was created in the 19th century by the British industrialist Frederick Richard Simms.

Hvítá, Árnessýsla

The river flows for 40 km (25 mi) before dropping down into a narrow gorge at the Gullfoss waterfall.

Jökulsá á Fjöllum

Jökulsá á Fjöllum streams over the waterfalls Selfoss, Dettifoss, and Hafragilsfoss, the second of which is the most powerful waterfall in Europe, and through the canyon at Jökulsárgljúfur National Park, which was formed by the explosion of a volcano situated directly beneath the river.

Kundalila Falls

The Kaombe River in Zambia falls over the lip of the Muchinga escarpment and makes an exciting waterfall near the small town of Kanona in the Serenje District.

La Plata, Huila

Waterfall Azufrada Dos Aguas Archaeological Zone: Located in the inspection of San Vicente, Thermal Cascada San Sebastian de la Mona: take the name from the water source to the form Private Reserve Meremberg:means "sea of mountainsregion is the largest source of municipal water, and there are natural forests cedar Oak, Charum, Igua pink encerillo, candles, and lagoons and swamps.

Lisa's Rival

The film is principally parodied in the scene where Milhouse is at the end of a dam drainpipe and dives into a waterfall when being held at gunpoint by an FBI agent resembling Tommy Lee Jones, who uses the film's famous line "I don't care".

Margoon Waterfall

Margoon (Margun) Waterfall is located in the Fars province of Iran near the city of Sepidan.

Meenmutty Falls

Meenmutty Falls, Thiruvananthapuram, a waterfall in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala

Meenmutty Falls, Wayanad, a waterfall in Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala

Murtle River

He was so impressed with the waterfall that he wrote a letter from his remote camp to Sir Richard McBride, British Columbia's premier, asking "may I name the river the McBride River and the falls the McBride Falls in honor of the distinguished Premier of British Columbia?"

New Zealand State Highway 65

Maruia Falls, a 5-m waterfall near the road, did not exist prior to the 1929 Murchison earthquake (magnitude 7.8).

Ole Christian Axelsen

Selurafossen, the waterfall from lake Lake Selura, had provided an opportunity for development of hydroelectric power for industry.

Outokumpu

Nyby Ironworks in Torshälla was founded in 1829 by Adolf Zethelius, but ironworking on the site is first documented in the 15th century when the Bishop of nearby Strängnäs founded hammer forges by the waterfall near Nyby.

Pagsanjan Falls stamp

Although the inscription reads Pagsanjan Falls, the waterfall on the stamp is Vernal Fall, a waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California.

Panamint Springs, California

The nearby area also features the Darwin Falls, a small but scenic waterfall, grotto and creek that are the only year-round water supply in the driest part of North America; despite the similarly named wilderness, the falls are located in and administered by Death Valley National Park.

Parallel projection

M. C. Escher's Waterfall (1961) is a well-known example, in which a channel of water seems to travel unaided along a downward path, only to then paradoxically fall once again as it returns to its source.

Pattathippara Falls

Pattathippara Falls is a cascade waterfall located in Pananchery Grama Panchayat in Thrissur district of Kerala, India.

Phaqcha Mayu

Phaqcha Mayu (Quechua phaqcha waterfall, mayu river, "waterfall river"), also spelled Pajcha Mayu, is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Arani Province, Vacas Municipality and in the Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality.

Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

The Emma Waterfall in the Gastein Valley was named after her, as was her granddaughter, the Dutch Queen regent Emma.

Ravana Falls

It is also believed that Rama’s queen bathed in a pool that accumulated the water falling from this waterfall.They believed that Ravana has played the Ravanahatha over here.

According to legend, it is said that Ravana (who was the king of Sri Lanka at the time) had kidnapped princess Sita, and had hidden her in the caves behind this waterfall, now simply known as the Ravana Ella Cave.

River Babingley

This tributary of the river is called the River Cong, flowing through the woods and over an impressive waterfall, where in the past it powered all the machinery within the Congham Oil Mill.

River Irthing

Peregrine falcons and ravens nest near the waterfall and derelict military structures, probably pump-houses supplying water for the Blue Streak rocket site at RAF Spadeadam, can be seen just upstream.

Rusumo

Rusumo Falls, a prominent waterfall on the Rwanda–Tanzania border, close to Rusumo, Rwanda

Schleierfall

From the waterfall the Rettenbach forms the boundary between the parishes of Going am Wilden Kaiser and St. Johann in Tirol and discharges in Rettenbach into the Reither Ache river.

Skakavac

Skakavac, Sarajevo, a waterfall near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Skjálfandafljót

At the north end of Sprengisandur road, the river drops down 10 m over the waterfall Aldeyjarfoss, in the lowlands, very near Route 1 there is another waterfall, Goðafoss which is among the most famous waterfalls in Iceland.

Songgo Langit Waterfall

Surrounding this waterfall can be found a variety of Butterfly.

Soufrière Quarter

It boasts several attractions including a "drive-in" volcano, the Diamond Botanical Gardens with waterfall (briefly featured in the Superman II movie) and historic mineral baths, plus the nearby beaches of Anse Chastanet to the north and Malgretout to the south.

Stitch! The Movie

Having locked Hämsterviel in handcuffs, Lilo, Stitch and Sparky short-circuit Gantu's ship causing it to crash near a waterfall on Kauai.

Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility

Senator Chuck Grassley has requested detailed information from Waterfall about its transactions and Sanders has asked Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke for more detailed information on loans made to Waterfall, former Miami Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga and John Paulson, a hedge fund manager.

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

The bridging sequences show Bugs at his home, which is cantilevered over a carrot-juice waterfall (modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater" house in Bear Run, Pennsylvania).

Thompson Falls

Blaeberry Falls, a waterfall on the Blaeberry River, British Columbia, Canada

Tin Mine Falls

If we additionally assume that the image plane is perpendicular to the ground plane (an imaginary plane Tangential to the surface of the Earth), and that the waterfall flows on a plane that is parallel to the image plane, we can estimate the height by measuring the vertical separation of waterfall head and base in

Triple Falls

Triple Falls (California) — a 35 ft. waterfall located at Uvas Canyon County Park

Waterfall chart

Waterfall charts can be used for various types of quantitative analysis, ranging from inventory analysis to performance analysis.

Waterfalls of the North Fork Cascade River Valley

Roush Creek Falls is a tall and powerful waterfall that cascades off the Eldorado Glacier.

Wheatley, Ontario

Hike Metal Products, a shipbuilding/refitting/fabricating company based at the harbour, is the builder of the Maid of the Mist, the vessel used at Niagara Falls for the tours under the great Canadian waterfall.


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