Mondo Knows Facts
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest uninterrupted waterfall
Angel Falls drops 979 metres from the summit of a tabletop mountain in Canaima National Park.
The waterfall plunges over the edge of Auyán-tepui, a massive sandstone plateau rising above the Venezuelan jungle. Because the height of the fall is so immense, much of the falling water atomises into a fine mist before reaching the canyon floor below. The local Indigenous Pemon people refer to the waterfall as Kerepakupai Merú.
Where this comes from
Facts that can change over time are reviewed and updated. If something here looks wrong, Mondo would rather know than be confidently incorrect.
Go further
More facts like this
Mount Roraima is a ancient tabletop mountain surrounded by sheer cliffsBordering Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil, Mount Roraima summit plateau sits atop 400-metre cliffs.Victoria Falls forms the largest curtain of falling water on EarthLocated on the Zambezi River on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, Victoria Falls spans 1,708 metres across.Niagara Falls carries more water volume than any North American fallStraddling the US-Canada border, Niagara Falls discharges over 2,800 cubic metres of water per second.Angel Falls is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the worldWater plunges nearly one kilometre from a tabletop mountain in VenezuelaIceland is a landmass where tectonic plates drift apart above sea levelIceland sits directly atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the North American and Eurasian plates diverge.Lesotho is entirely surrounded by a single countryLesotho is an independent enclaved nation located entirely within the borders of South Africa.
Tags: angel falls, venezuela, waterfalls, tepui
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest uninterrupted waterfall: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- Angel Falls drops 979 metres from the summit of a tabletop mountain in Canaima National Park. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a world geography fact?
- Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
- What else can I read about it?
- The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.