Waterfalls Is One Of The Most Favorite Tourist Attraction

Here’s the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. As We know waterfalls is one of the most favorite tourist attraction because of their beauty. Waterfall become beautiful because of the art of the water falling from the high cliff. These most beautiful waterfalls are coming from various part of the world. Hope We can go to all those most beautiful waterfalls once at least in our life time.

1. Niagara Falls

Niagara is a group of three waterfalls. Those waterfalls are Horseshoe waterfall (sometimes referred to as Canada’s waterfall), America waterfall, and the smaller Bridal Veil waterfall separated by Luna Island from the main waterfall.

Although not too high, the Niagara waterfalls are very wide and most popular in the world. More than 6 million cubic feet (168,000 m3) of water per minute was dropped and this is the most powerful waterfall in North America.Niagara Falls is famous for its beauty and valuable as the use of hydro resources, a form of managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial.

2. Angel Falls

Salto Angel Waterfall or Angel Falls is the highest free falling waterfall in the world with a height of 979 meters (3212 feet) with no barriers fall around 807 meters (2647 feet). This waterfall is located in the Rio Caroni, Canaima, Venezuela.

Although first seen in the early 20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known officially to the world until discovered by American aviator James Crawford Angel that was flying to find the location of a gold mine. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near a waterfall. The waterfall was named “Angel Falls” to the memory of its discoverer, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indian tribes called this waterfall as “Auyan-tepui” (“Aiyan-tepui”) which means “Mountain of Evil”. Its official elevation is determined by the National Geographic Society in 1949. This waterfall is the most famous tourist attractions in Venezuela.

3.Plitvice Falls

This waterfall located at The Lakes Plitvice. This is a national park in the highlands of the eponymous Plitvice, Croatia, on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sixteen separate lakes (12 lakes upper cluster and 4 lakes below cluster), which is formed naturally tiered heights ranging from 636 m to 503 m. Water that comes out of the lowest lake then forming the Korana river.

Plitvice Lakes which is situated on karstic rocks, mainly dolomite and limestone, which form the special features. The lake is naturally fragmented by travertine dams, which is a deposit of moss, algae and bacteria. Travertine dam formation is increased by about 1 cm per year. The lake is also famous for its color changes from blue sky, green, blue or gray. This color change depends on the amount of minerals or organisms in the water and the elevation of the sun.

Park has been listed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. After Opertion Storm, UNESCO listed the park is in the status of ‘danger’ on the List of World Heritage in Danger. With a variety of considerations, the government of Croatia set the status of de-mining efforts. In December 1998 UNESCO issued the status of endangered site to this national park. Today, Plitvice Lakes is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Croatia. In 2000, the park has been expanded by over 102 km ².