Waterfalls form through various geological processes, but they all involve water flowing over a sudden drop in elevation.

Waterfalls are furious cascades of water, sometimes scoring the landscapes in which they flow as they obey gravity’s demands. From Iceland’s shimmering Skógafoss to the family of falls in New ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge in the UK recorded the extraordinary phenomenon through the use of aerial drones. Their study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the ...

Waterfalls are furious cascades of water, sometimes scoring the landscapes in which they flow as they obey gravity’s demands. Powerful though waterfalls may appear, there is a longstanding assumption ...

Rainbow Waterfall, or Waiānuenue, on Hawai'i's Big Island is a natural wonder formed by volcanic activity and the erosive power of the Wailuku River. Its name comes from frequent rainbows created by ...

The breathtaking waters that cascade off of steep cliffs may be self-made productions. It was long thought that waterfalls needed an outside force to form — such as an earthquake, landslide or changes ...

These remarkable pictures show a unique three-tiered waterfall in northern Lebanon as water crashes down through circular rock formations and cavernous gorges. The photographs were taken by Ralph Azar ...

Elan Valley’s Caban Coch reservoir in Powys reached its 35,500 megalitre capacity leading to the excess water forming this waterfall The footage is just one of many images shot across north and mid ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge in the UK recorded the extraordinary phenomenon through the use of aerial drones. Their study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the ...