Angel Falls, Venezuela

Angel Falls or Salto Ángel is the world’s highest waterfall, dropping a total of 3,208 feet (978 meter) from a cleft near the summit of Auyantepui. The most visited tepui in Venezuela, Auyantepui, which means “Devil’s Mountain” in the language of the native Pemon people. The falls themselves were named after pilot Jimmie Angel who accidentally discovered the falls in 1933. During a return trip in 1937, Angel crashed his small plane on top of Auyantepui. It took him and his crew 11 days to descend the mountain. Angel falls are styll located in an isolated jungle region of Venezuela, in the Canaima National Park and the only access is by air.

Angel Falls(Spanish:Salto Ángel;Pemon language:Kerepakupai Vená, meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", orParakupá Vená, meaning "the fall from the highest point") is awaterfall inVenezuela. It is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 metres (2,648 ft). The waterfall drops over the edge of theAuyantepuimountain in the Canaima National Park. The height figure 979 metres (3,212 ft) mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about 400 metres (0.25 mi) of sloped cascade and rapids below the drop and a 30-metre (98 ft) high plunge downstream of the talus rapids.

  

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