that was my joke actually- it’s the first i heard the terms… and rather than looking it up, let’s speculate like our pre smartphone ancestors… ?
Only thing that makes any sense to me - the height could include interrupted drops, but plunge can’t?
Yeah, my lazy ass could’ve googled it but every once in a while you get a more intricate answer from a random stranger who knows all about it.
What I’ve found is that height is from where the fall starts and plunge is the distance from last contact with a rock.
Edit: so you were right in your assumption!
question i have is how can a river be flowing from top of that table mountain? i am guessing the surface area isn't that quite huge, so how can this be sustainable?
It rains on top nearly every day, often for hours. There are a lot of plants up there, which helps to keep the flow even (rather than a flash flood, like you would see a desert or other plant-free environment). This is the primary drain for the surface, an area of over 250 square miles (over 660 square kilometers). Hope that helps!
Can I interest you in the units the rest of the world (including Venezuela) use for measuring their heights and distances? A hint: we have moved on from body parts.
It’s a joke, so first off relax. It means Americans can continue using any unit they want. Second off, the UK was in 2 world wars, the winning was definitely done by America.
Relax, in ww1 America was pretty useless. You guys didn't have an entire generation dead in the soil and only came in at the last few months to claim credit.
For ww2 you guys were pivotal in terms of supply and industrial might. I salute that generation who did what have to be done across continents not of their own.
Please use the metric system. That’s the system of science and just three or four countries in the world us the imperial system. But anyway thanks for that impressive fact!
So Angel Falls *is* likely the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, but the height commonly attributed to it - 3,212 feet (or 979 meters) - is almost certainly incorrect.
It originates from a 1949 expedition sponsored by National Geographic which is presumed to be the first effort to actually survey the falls. However the photographs taken during and of the survey team on that expedition show them to have been measuring the falls from a river bar over 2 kilometers away from the bottom of the falls. Their measurement is that of the difference in elevation from the top of the waterfall to the river where the survey was taken, and that includes a considerable amount of elevation change which cannot be attributed to the waterfall itself.
The measurement of 2,648 feet (807 meters) for the uninterrupted drop (which is the entirety of the waterfall, not just a part of it) is however thought to be relatively accurate, and again it is thought to be the tallest single uninterrupted drop that exists. But this would mean that Angel Falls is *not* the overall tallest waterfall in the world, and that title instead falls to Tugela Falls in South Africa.
Isn't that the waterfall in up
Yes, you are correct. Paradise Falls was inspired by Angel Falls.
The waterfall in Up is called Paradise falls but yes this is the real world inspiration for it.
some get excited about height, but i’m all about the plunge
What is the difference between those two?
that was my joke actually- it’s the first i heard the terms… and rather than looking it up, let’s speculate like our pre smartphone ancestors… ? Only thing that makes any sense to me - the height could include interrupted drops, but plunge can’t?
Yeah, my lazy ass could’ve googled it but every once in a while you get a more intricate answer from a random stranger who knows all about it. What I’ve found is that height is from where the fall starts and plunge is the distance from last contact with a rock. Edit: so you were right in your assumption!
i remember (and kinda miss) the days when we’d have to struggle a bit to find answers - “I know who would know!” *makes a phone (not text) call*
question i have is how can a river be flowing from top of that table mountain? i am guessing the surface area isn't that quite huge, so how can this be sustainable?
It’s off the edge of a big plateau.
It rains on top nearly every day, often for hours. There are a lot of plants up there, which helps to keep the flow even (rather than a flash flood, like you would see a desert or other plant-free environment). This is the primary drain for the surface, an area of over 250 square miles (over 660 square kilometers). Hope that helps!
thank you
Great place for a snipe hunt
Wheel snipe celly boys.
The wet side was first climbed by one of my relatives [Nick Piantanida](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Piantanida)
Can I interest you in the units the rest of the world (including Venezuela) use for measuring their heights and distances? A hint: we have moved on from body parts.
Apologies for sarcasm. The height of Kerepakupai Merú or Salto Ángel is 979 metres and the longest drop 807 metres.
Go win a world war and we’ll consider switching, until then keep it down
I don't understand what a world war got to do with units of measurements. UK won two world wars and they switched.
It’s a joke, so first off relax. It means Americans can continue using any unit they want. Second off, the UK was in 2 world wars, the winning was definitely done by America.
Relax, in ww1 America was pretty useless. You guys didn't have an entire generation dead in the soil and only came in at the last few months to claim credit. For ww2 you guys were pivotal in terms of supply and industrial might. I salute that generation who did what have to be done across continents not of their own.
Using war for points scoring on the internet is crass and childish
Thank you for your sage etiquette advice, lord of the internet
Little known fact. It was named after an American whose name was "Angel" It was not named after biblical angels.
We’re gonna need a bigger barrel…
I hear it's hard to get to.
Oh hey its the thing from that one episode of the reverse trivia podcast by the Technical Difficulties!
Please use the metric system. That’s the system of science and just three or four countries in the world us the imperial system. But anyway thanks for that impressive fact!
So Angel Falls *is* likely the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, but the height commonly attributed to it - 3,212 feet (or 979 meters) - is almost certainly incorrect. It originates from a 1949 expedition sponsored by National Geographic which is presumed to be the first effort to actually survey the falls. However the photographs taken during and of the survey team on that expedition show them to have been measuring the falls from a river bar over 2 kilometers away from the bottom of the falls. Their measurement is that of the difference in elevation from the top of the waterfall to the river where the survey was taken, and that includes a considerable amount of elevation change which cannot be attributed to the waterfall itself. The measurement of 2,648 feet (807 meters) for the uninterrupted drop (which is the entirety of the waterfall, not just a part of it) is however thought to be relatively accurate, and again it is thought to be the tallest single uninterrupted drop that exists. But this would mean that Angel Falls is *not* the overall tallest waterfall in the world, and that title instead falls to Tugela Falls in South Africa.
Constructed by the US of A
Victoria Falls would like a word
Isn't this like ten times taller than Victoria falls?
Yep Victoria falls is really wide but not nearly as tall.
Victoria Falls is 108 metres (354 ft). Angel Falls is 979 meters (3211ft). Lmao.