Hopefully, this eliminates some of those seasonal waterfalls that some might say do not count as legitimate waterfalls worth giving special attention to. Moreover, to narrow down this list a bit more, we’ve added an additional criteria that the waterfall must flow reliably and with appreciable volume on average for at least 6 months out of the year, year after year. That’s why we’re limiting this list to just the ones we’ve seen.Īnd as you can imagine, it’s certainly not easy to put together this list even for the ones we have been to! So we’ve relied on our judgment, estimates from the World Waterfall Database, and some local input. Indeed, those lists that are already out there can easily be picked apart by someone who has actually been to the waterfalls that can make that judgement call or provide solid scientific evidence for their inclusion or exclusion. So it’s extremely difficult to come up with a definitive list of tallest waterfalls. when a waterfall begins and ends, how long it must flow to count, etc.) and even fewer have been accurately measured (with the clinometer and rangefinder combo along with some trigonometry). I have to admit that I’ve been critical about any World’s Tallest list because there’s no consensus as to how waterfalls are defined (i.e. Where does this waterfall reside on our Top 10 Tallest Waterfalls of the World based on Cumulative Height List?
We have a separate list for waterfalls with the tallest leap. One critical definition to make clear here is that “tallest” refers to the cumulative height of the waterfall. Due to numerous inquiries, we’ve decided to showcase the tallest waterfalls that we’ve personally visited in our travels.