Waterfalls, photos of waterfalls

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A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.

Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens slowly, while downstream the erosion occurs more rapidly. As the watercourse increases its velocity at the edge of the waterfall, it plucks material from the riverbed. Whirlpools created in the turbulence as well as sand and stones carried by the watercourse increase the erosion capacity.This causes the waterfall to carve deeper into the bed and to recede upstream. Often over time, the waterfall will recede back to form a canyon or gorge downstream as it recedes upstream, and it will carve deeper into the ridge above it. .
Typesof waterfalls:
*Ledge Waterfall
- Block/Sheet
-Classical
-Curtain
*Plunge
-Punchbowl
*Horsetail
-Slide
-Ribbon
-Chute
- Fan
*Cascade
*Tiered/Multi-step/Staircase
*Cataract
*Segmented
*Catadupa
*Tide Fall
*Frozen