GIANT WATERFALLS.
The Victoria Falls arc about twice as high as tbe Niagara Falls, and the Kaietcur Falls are more than twice as high as tbe Victoria, yet there arc many falls higher still than the Kaieteur Falls. Tbe Bridal Fall, in the Yosemite Valley, has a vertical descent of 1000 feet; the Yosemite Fall leaps downward 1500 feet; while the Kcclf • Fall, in Norway, which is the highest perpendicular fall in the world, has a sheer descent of 2000 feet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 154, 2 July 1927, Page 23
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81GIANT WATERFALLS. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 154, 2 July 1927, Page 23
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