
Второй по высоте водопад мира – южноафриканский водопад Тугела — 948 метров. Для сравнения один из самых известных и популярных водопадов, расположенный в Южной Африке, водопад Виктория имеет высоту всего 107 метров.



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Angel Falls – the highest falls in the world and the most important sight of Venezuela. Angel Falls are in the territory of National park Canaima. Sight of this park are huge tepu (table mountains) – high mountains with vertical steep edges and wide flat top. From one of the largest tepuy bearing a name of Auyantepui (it is translated as the mountain of the Devil), from height of 979 meters the highest falls in the world – Angel Falls are overthrown to the valley of the tropical jungle.
Falls of the world, the second for height, – the South African Tugela Falls — 948 meters. For comparison one of the most known and popular falls located in South Africa Victoria Falls have height only 107 meters.
Angel Falls — are the river Kerepakupay falling down from almost kilometer height which eats waters of tropical rains at top of a plateau of Auyantepui. Looking from below, apparently, that Ángel is overthrown from edge of a tepua, but by close consideration it is visible as the river Kerepakupay cut up edge of the mountain plateau consisting generally of layers of light-red sandstone. Thus, the free fall of Ángel begins 50-100 meters below from a set of fragmentary crevices on the edge of a mountain plateau. Huge water flow during the falling dissipates in air on thousands small a dozhdinok, and only the small part of falls reaches foundation of the mountain where the small lake which then Churun merges with the river is formed.
The person who discovered Angel Falls American James Kroford Eyndzhel (James Crawford Angel) is considered. In honor of it the falls were also called. In the thirties last century James was engaged in search of diamonds and gold ore, flying about the remote regions of Venezuela by the plane. For the first time he saw falls in 1933. In 1937 James together with the wife and three more associates decided to return to Venezuela and in details to investigate falls. In attempt to put the plane on top of Auyantepui, wheels of the plane got stuck in the soft soil because of what it tilted and was strongly damaged. James and his partners had to come back on foot. Wonderfully, within eleven days making the way through the jungle, they could reach the next settlement. The history about its travel very quickly extended all over the world.
It is interesting that in 1910 Angel Falls were found by the researcher Ernesto Sanchez La Cruz, but it couldn't (or I didn't want) to draw public attention to the opening.
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