List of waterfalls by type

The following is a list of waterfalls by type.

Plunge: Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.^[1]
Horsetail: Descending water maintains some contact with bedrock.^[1]
Cataract: A large, powerful waterfall.^[1]
Multi-step: A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.^[1]
Block: Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river.^[1]^[2]
Cascade: Water descends a series of rock steps.^[1]^[2]
Segmented: Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends.^[1]
Tiered: Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls.^[1]
Punchbowl: Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool.^[1]
Fan: Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock.^[1]

Some waterfalls are also distinct in that they do not flow continuously. Ephemeral waterfalls only flow after a rain or a significant snowmelt.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plunge edit

Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.

Australia edit

Fitzroy Falls

Bangladesh edit

Madhabkunda waterfall

Brazil edit

Canada edit

Brandywine Falls

Costa Rica edit

Estonia edit

Finland edit

Pitsusköngäs, a plunge-type waterfall in Enontekiö, Finland.

France edit

India edit

Jog Falls, India's second highest plunge waterfall, is made up of four distinct, segmented falls, and is fed by the Sharavathi River. The tallest plunges 830 ft (253 m) into a deep chasm in a continuous column of water.

Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunjee- India's highest waterfalls.
Jog Falls
Shivanasamudra Falls

Indonesia edit

Sipisopiso

Japan edit

Lesotho edit

Maletsunyane Falls

Mexico edit

Mongolia edit

Ulaan tsutgalan in Mongolia During Summer 2023, the background is showing more geological structures formations and farther geological features

Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall

Nepal edit

Pachal waterfall, a plunge Waterfall with height 482 m located at Kalikot District

Pachal waterfall

New Zealand edit

Bridal Veil Falls

Norway edit

Aerial video of Waterfall Bluff in South Africa.

South Africa edit

Sri Lanka edit

Taiwan edit

Jiao Lung Waterfall

Uganda edit

Sipi Falls

Sipi Falls

United Kingdom edit

Pistyll Rhaeadr

United States edit

Havasu Falls

Looking Glass Falls

Akaka Falls State Park
Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County)
Bridal Veil Falls (Telluride)
Bridal Veil Falls (Washington)
Bridalveil Fall (California)
DeSoto Falls
Douglas Falls
Fall Creek Falls
Feather Falls
Havasu Falls
Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls
High Shoals Falls
Iris Falls
Lake Peigneur Drilling Disaster (Louisiana)
Looking Glass Falls
McWay Falls
Minnehaha Falls
Mooney Falls
Moore Cove Falls
Moose Falls
Noccalula Falls Park
Ozone Falls
Palouse Falls
Pearl Falls
Rainbow Falls
Raven Cliff Falls
Ribbon Fall
Slick Rock Falls
Snoqualmie Falls
Taughannock Falls
Toccoa Falls
Toketee Falls
Tower Fall
Vermillion Falls
Vernal Fall
Virgin Falls
Wailua Falls
Watson Falls
Window Falls
Yahoo Falls
Yellowstone Falls

Venezuela edit

Zambia edit

Kalambo Falls

Horsetail edit

Descending water maintains some contact with bedrock.

Australia edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Skakavac

Bulgaria edit

Skakavitsa Waterfall, Rila Mountain, Bulgaria in May

Babsko Praskalo – 54 m (177 ft)
Boyana Waterfall – 25 m (82 ft)
Goritsa Waterfall – 39 m (128 ft)
Karlovsko Praskalo – 30 m (98 ft)
Skakavitsa Waterfall – 70 m (230 ft)
Vratsa waterfalls
- Skaklia (ephemeral) – 130 m (430 ft)
- Borov Kamak – 63 m (207 ft)
Raysko Praskalo – 124.5 m (408 ft), highest waterfall in the Balkans