Most Spectacular Waterfalls of the World

The waterfall on the Sheikh Zayed Road bridge is an important attraction in the water canal. It is on the side of the bridge that faces away from Al Habtoor City. This mechanical waterfall is flooded with colorful lights. When a boat passes underneath the bridge, sensors pick it up and opens the waterfall like a curtain. When the boat has passed and is far enough, the waterfall closes again. It makes use of many water pumps to pull the water from the canal.

McWay Falls on California’s Central Coast near Big Sur flows off the cliffs onto the sand at the edge of the Pacific, flowing year-round.

These spectacular falls along the Iguazu River bordering Brazil and Argentina stretch across two miles of rain-forested cliffs, featuring an incredible 275 individual waterfalls, making it one of the most jaw-dropping treasures on the planet.

These awesome falls on Burney Creek in McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in California where roaring water comes from an underground spring above the waterfalls with an almost constant flow of one hundred million gallons a day, even during dry summer months.

Multnomah Falls, just outside Portland, Oregon along the Columbia River Gorge is the tallest waterfall in a state filled with hundreds of magnificent falls. It plunges in two major steps, split into the upper falls at 542 feet and the lower falls at 69 feet, with a gradual nine-foot drop in elevation between the two.

Victoria Falls, located on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa, is believed to be the largest waterfall in the world. Its indigenous name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, is quite apt, literally meaning the “Smoke that Thunders.”

Part of what makes Torc Waterfall so special is its falls fairy-tale like surroundings in Ireland’s Killarney National Park. The waterfall is eighty feet high, and by climbing the 100 steps or so just to the left of it you can also take in breathtaking lake views.