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Angel Falls is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world

Water plunges nearly one kilometre from a tabletop mountain in Venezuela

Located in Canaima National Park, Angel Falls cascades down a cliff face for roughly 979 metres with a continuous free fall of 807 metres. Dropping from the Auyán-tepui mountain, much of the water turns into fine mist before reaching the river below. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Water plunges nearly one kilometre from a tabletop mountain in Venezuela. The figure is taken from UNESCO, 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 records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes 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.