Chasing Waterfalls Trivia Quiz

At an uninterrupted height of nearly a full kilometre (979 metres to be exact), Venezuela's Angel Falls are the tallest waterfall on the planet. Located in Canaima National Park, these falls careen over the edge of Auyán-tepui, a mountain in the Guiana Highlands.

The waters here are fed by the Rio Kerepacupai Merú, high up on the plateau, which is in turn fed by evaporated water. Particularly interesting is that the water often doesn't reach the ground below, turning to mist and then recombining to flow into the river beyond.

One of the largest waterfalls in Europe, Vinnufossen is found in central Norway on the side of the mountain of Vinnufjellet. At a height of 845 metres, it's actually the third-largest in Norway alone-- both Skorga and Balĺifossen are taller. Notably, there are a number of waterfalls in this part of Norway, often fed by glaciers atop the fjords and mountains.

This said, none may be quite so high as this one.

Found deep in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls plunges down six drops that takes it down a total of 739 metres to the river below, Yosemite Creek, which flows into the Merced en route to San Pablo and San Francisco Bay. Found in California, in the Sierra National Forest, Yosemite is also known for its rugged beauty, glaciers, and granite peaks.

Found almost due north of Rome, Cascata delle Marmore falls 165 metres in Italy's Umbria Province. Its importance can't be overstated as it became the tallest man-made waterfall many centuries ago, having been created by the Romans in the third century BC. Made into a diverting canal, the river here was controlled to make a bridge and, over time, became the site of a hydroelectric power plant.

Though one of the largest waterfalls in the world, Victoria Falls' top height only reaches 108 metres (which isn't anything to be shy about!). This said, its cascade down from the Zambezi River stretches nearly two kilometres along the Zambia-Zimbabwe border in Southern Africa.

The site has been important for not only locals, but for explorers. When David Livingstone came upon it in 1855, he was told its local name was 'Mosi-o-Tunya', or 'The Smoke That Thunders'.

Found on the Brazilian-Argentinean border (and only a short drive from the adjacent border for Paraguy), Iguazu Falls are the largest collection of waterfalls on the planet, wrapping around in a nearly three-kilometre-long horseshoe that flows down into a canyon partly referred to as 'The Devil's Throat'.

The river there continues on to form the border for a while before flowing all the way to the Atlantic Ocean to the east. At their top height, the falls are 82 metres high.

Forming the border between Ontario, Canada and New York in the U.S., Niagara Falls is actually a trio of waterfalls-- the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side and the American and Bridal Veil Falls on the U.S. side. What these falls lack in height (at 51 metres tall), they make up for in power; Niagara careens over the canyon as the most powerful waterfall in North America. For decades, Niagara has been one of the most famous tourist locations in North America.

Found in Vatnajökull National Park as part of the massive glacier found there, Dettifoss stretches 100 metres across the cliffs and then falls 44 metres into the canyon below. The flow of water here is colossal and it manages to discharge a higher amount of water than most waterfalls in all of Europe.

In Iceland, only Urriđafoss, further to the southwest near Reykjavik, is more powerful.

Part of Iceland's Hvítá River, Gullfoss is a picturesque waterfall that plummets down a staircase of plateaus and deeper into a crevasse, taking a trip of 32 metres downward into the earth. Notably, Gullfoss is highly-visited in comparison with other natural Icelandic sites as it makes up part of the popular Golden Circle tour, visiting it as well as Ţingvellir and the hot springs and geysers of Haukadalur.

At only 23 metres in height, this marks the shortest waterfall in our list of ten. This said, it's no less important. The most powerful waterfall in Europe, the Rhine Falls are found near Zurich, Switzerland and formed due to the same glaciation that created the Alps in the first place.

The catch is that this process never really stopped-- the huge outflow of water from these falls comes from glacial melt, and during the summer it means a much stronger outpouring. This water eventually flows out to the North Sea near Rotterdam in the Netherlands.