Top 10 Most Impressive Waterfalls

A system of 275 individual cascades spanning nearly three kilometres, with the thundering Devil's Throat chasm swallowing 1,500 cubic metres of water per second during peak flow.

At 1,708 metres wide and 108 metres tall, the "Smoke That Thunders" creates a spray plume visible from over 30 kilometres away during the wet season.

Perhaps the world's most famous waterfall, Niagara's Horseshoe Falls processes a staggering 2,800 cubic metres of water per second, though critics argue its commercial surroundings diminish the experience.

This remote single-drop waterfall plunges 226 metres into pristine Amazonian rainforest, carrying five times the volume of Niagara while remaining largely unknown to mass tourism.

Sixteen terraced lakes connected by hundreds of waterfalls cascade through lush forest in this UNESCO site, with travertine barriers that naturally grow and reshape the falls each year.

Asia's largest transnational waterfall straddles the Chinese-Vietnamese border, tumbling in three tiers across 200 metres of limestone cliff surrounded by karst peaks and rice paddies.

The "Golden Falls" plunges in two dramatic stages into a 32-metre deep crevice in the Hvítá river, with glacial meltwater creating a thunderous roar and perpetual rainbow in summer sunlight.

New Zealand's tallest waterfall drops 580 metres in three leaps in Fiordland's remote backcountry, accessible only via the famous Milford Track hiking trail.

North America's tallest waterfall at 739 metres cascades in three sections down Yosemite Valley's granite cliffs, though it controversially dries to a trickle by late summer most years.

A system of 275 individual cascades spanning nearly three kilometres, with the thundering Devil's Throat chasm swallowing 1,500 cubic metres of water per second during peak flow.

At 1,708 metres wide and 108 metres tall, the "Smoke That Thunders" creates a spray plume visible from over 30 kilometres away during the wet season.

Perhaps the world's most famous waterfall, Niagara's Horseshoe Falls processes a staggering 2,800 cubic metres of water per second, though critics argue its commercial surroundings diminish the experience.

This remote single-drop waterfall plunges 226 metres into pristine Amazonian rainforest, carrying five times the volume of Niagara while remaining largely unknown to mass tourism.

Sixteen terraced lakes connected by hundreds of waterfalls cascade through lush forest in this UNESCO site, with travertine barriers that naturally grow and reshape the falls each year.

Asia's largest transnational waterfall straddles the Chinese-Vietnamese border, tumbling in three tiers across 200 metres of limestone cliff surrounded by karst peaks and rice paddies.

The "Golden Falls" plunges in two dramatic stages into a 32-metre deep crevice in the Hvítá river, with glacial meltwater creating a thunderous roar and perpetual rainbow in summer sunlight.

New Zealand's tallest waterfall drops 580 metres in three leaps in Fiordland's remote backcountry, accessible only via the famous Milford Track hiking trail.

North America's tallest waterfall at 739 metres cascades in three sections down Yosemite Valley's granite cliffs, though it controversially dries to a trickle by late summer most years.