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Linville Gorge, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina: waterfall
View an Icelandic waterfall and learn about its geologic life cycle and erosion into a smooth riverbed
Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Visit the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela on the Churún River
Niagara Falls Yosemite Falls Wales Changbai Mountains Churchill Falls, western Labrador, Can. Clements Mountain, Glacier National Park
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India. UNESCO World Heritage Site (minarets; Muslim, architecture; Islamic architecture; marble; mausoleum)
Wonders of the World Quiz
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Mt. Elbrusvolcano, Western Caucasus mountain range, Russia. (dormant Russia)
Natural Wonders
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Niagara Falls, American side, Buffalo, New York. (states)
How Old Is Niagara Falls?
Namib desert, Namibia.
8 Amazing Physical Features of Africa
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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks
Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?
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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

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View an Icelandic waterfall and learn about its geologic life cycle and erosion into a smooth riverbed
Formation of a waterfall in Iceland.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Visit the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela on the Churún River
Angel Falls, Venezuela.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch clouds form over the Pacific Ocean and waterfalls pour down Mount Waialeale on the Hawaiian island of Kauai
Learn about rainstorms and waterfalls of Hawaii, U.S.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The amazing journey of salmon in Norway
During the annual migration in Norway, salmon jumping up waterfalls.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Linville Gorge, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina: waterfall
Waterfall at Linville Gorge, Pisgah National Forest, western North Carolina.
Comstock/Jupiterimages
Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Venezuela.
age fotostock/SuperStock
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Yosemite Falls
Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, California.
© gmclough—iStock/Getty Images
Wales
Waterfalls in the Vale of Neath, Wales, United Kingdom.
Geoff Tompkinson/GTImage.com (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Changbai Mountains
Waterfall in the Changbai Mountains.
Shizhao
Churchill Falls, western Labrador, Can.
George Hunter
Clements Mountain, Glacier National Park
Waterfall at Clements Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana.
C. McIntyre—PhotoLink/Getty Images
Waterfalls cascade through the lush rainforest of the Rara Avis reserve in Costa...
© Victor Quirós A
Gull Falls, Iceland
Art Resource, New York
Iguaçu Falls
Misty spray rises from Iguaçu Falls to create rainbows. The waterfalls are located...
Jeremy Woodhouse—Digital Vision/Getty Images
Multnomah Falls
Multnomah Falls at the Columbia River Gorge, northwestern Oregon, U.S.
© Amy Tikkanen
Hawaii: Onomea Falls
Onomea Falls on the island of Hawaii.
James P. Blair/Getty Images
Screw Auger Falls
Screw Auger Falls in the Mahoosuc Range, northern Appalachian Mountains, Maine.
© George Wuerthner
Shenandoah National Park
Waterfall in Shenandoah National Park, northern Virginia.
Lorax
Upper Yosemite Fall
Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park, east-central California.
Micah Bochart
Witwatersrand
Waterfall at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in the Witwatersrand, near Roodepoort,...
© vlbentley—iStock/Getty Images
Waterfall on Mount Tai
A picturesque view of a waterfall cascading down Mount Tai, Shandong province, eastern...
Peter Carmichael-Aspect Picture Library, London
waterfall in Yamanashi prefecture
Waterfall in Yamanashi prefecture, east-central Honshu, Japan.
Cosio/Shostal Associates
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