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Famous Water Falls in World & in India Key Details Revised on 16-May-2018 ` Cracku Banking Study Material (Download PDF) Famous Water Falls in World: Water Fall Location Comments Iguazu Falls It forms border between Brazil & It is the largest Argentina. Most of the falls are on the waterfalls system in Argentine side. the world. Victoria Falls It is a waterfall in southern Africa on It has been the Zambezi River at the border described by CNN as between Zambia and Zimbabwe. one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world. Niagara Falls It is the collective name for three It lies in the province waterfalls that straddle the of Ontario and the international border between Canada state of New York. and the United States Angel Falls Venezuela It is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall. April 2018 Monthly Current Affairs Download PDF Kaieteur Falls Guyana Kaieteur Falls are five times higher than Niagara Falls, twice as high as Victoria Falls. Yosemite Falls California, U.S Gullfoss Southwest Iceland IBPS PO Free Mock Test 2 / 6 Cracku Banking Study Material (Download PDF) Dettifoss Northeast Iceland Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage. Sutherland Falls New Zealand Famous Water Falls in India: Water Fall Location Kunchikal Falls Nidagodu, Karnataka Sahastradhara Falls Dehradun, Uttarakhand Elephant Falls Shillong, Meghalaya Chuliya Falls Chittorgarh District, Rajasthan Jabalpur district, Dhuandhar Falls Madhya Pradesh March 2018 Monthly Current Affairs Download PDF Rajrappa Ramgarh District, Jharkhand Hundru Falls Ranchi District, Jharkhand Joranda Falls Mayurbhanj District, Odisha Duduma Waterfalls Koraput District, Odisha Kapildhara Falls Amarkantak District, IBPS Clerk Free Mock Test 3 / 6 Cracku Banking Study Material (Download PDF) Madhya Pradesh Yenna Falls Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra Dudhsagar Falls Goa Gokak Falls Belagavi District, Karnataka Mekedatu Falls Bengaluru, Karnataka Jog Falls Sagara, Shimoga District, Karnataka Shivanasamudra Falls Mandya District, Karnataka Water Fall Location Hogenakkal Falls Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu Pykara Falls Ooty, Tamil Nadu Vattaparai Falls Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu Soochipara Falls Wayanad, Kerala Meenmutty Falls Wayanad, Kerala Vazhachal Falls Thrissur District, Kerala Athirappilly Falls Thrissur District, Kerala February 2018 Monthly Current Affairs Download PDF Bhagsunag Waterfall Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Nuranang Falls Tawang district, IBPS PO Free Mock Test 4 / 6 Cracku Banking Study Material (Download PDF) Arunachal Pradesh Nohkalikai Falls East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya Ethipothala Falls Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh Kapila Theertham Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh Talakona Chittor, Andhra Pradesh Chitrakote Falls Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh Tiger Falls Chakrata, Uttarakhand RBI Grade B Free Mock Test RBI Grade B Study Material PDF RBI Grade B Previous Papers Daily Current Affairs Question and Answers PDF IBPS Clerk Free Mock Test 5 / 6 Cracku Banking Study Material (Download PDF) Daily Current Affairs PDF General Science Notes PDF General Knowledge Capsule PDF Download Free Exam Preparation App: Get Free Banking Exam Updates: Important Government Job Updates: For Job updates Whatsapp ‘Job’ to 7661025557 Practice 100 free Online GK tests: https://cracku.in/free-gk-tests IBPS PO Free Mock Test 6 / 6 .

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