Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.
Australia
• Blencoe Falls
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Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river.
Ethiopia
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Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock.
Australia
• Dip Falls
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Ephemeral waterfalls flow only after periods of heavy rain or significant snowmelt.
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A large, powerful waterfall.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Boyoma Falls
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A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.
Bulgaria
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Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool.
Australia
• Edith Falls
• Wangi Falls
• Wannon Falls
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