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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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Linville Gorge, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina: waterfall
Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Niagara Falls
Yosemite Falls
Wales
Changbai Mountains
Churchill Falls, western Labrador, Can.
Clements Mountain, Glacier National Park
Waterfalls cascade through the lush rainforest of the Rara Avis reserve in Costa Rica.
Gull Falls, Iceland
View an Icelandic waterfall and learn about its geologic life cycle and erosion into a smooth riverbed
Visit the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela on the Churún River
Watch clouds form over the Pacific Ocean and waterfalls pour down Mount Waialeale on the Hawaiian island of Kauai
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Mt. Elbrusvolcano, Western Caucasus mountain range, Russia. (dormant Russia)
Natural Wonders
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Niagara Falls view from Ontario, Canada
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