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• World Waterfall Database - Kerepakupai Mer�
• JAXA - Earth-graphy - Angel Falls: The WorldÂ’s Highest Waterfall
• Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Angel Falls
• LiveScience - What's the largest waterfall in the world?
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Angel Falls waterfall, Venezuela Ask Anything Homework Help Also known as: Kerepakupai Merú, Parecupa Merú, Salto Angel, Salto Churún Merú(Show More) Written and fact-checked by Britannica Editors Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Britannica Editors History Britannica AI Ask Anything Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask Anything

Angel Falls, waterfall in the Guiana Highlands in Bolívar state, southeastern Venezuela, on the Churún River, a tributary of the Caroní, 160 miles (260 km) southeast of Ciudad Bolívar. The highest waterfall in the world, the cataract drops 3,212 feet (979 metres) and is 500 feet (150 metres) wide at the base. It leaps from a flat-topped plateau, Auyán-Tepuí (“Devils Mountain”), barely making contact with the sheer face. The falls are located in Canaima National Park, and, because of the dense jungle surrounding the falls, they are best seen from the air.

Spanish: Salto Ángel (Show more) Also called: Salto Churún Merú (Show more) See all related content

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The falls, first sighted by outsiders in the 1930s, were named for James Angel, an American adventurer who crash-landed his plane on a nearby mesa in 1937. In late 2009 Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chávez declared that the falls should be referred to as Kerepakupai Merú, an Indigenous name.

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