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Linville Gorge, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina: waterfall

Angel Falls cascades from a high cliff into lush green forest below, surrounded by dramatic rock formations in Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

View of Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, with Upper Yosemite Fall cascading down a high cliff and Lower Yosemite Fall visible below, framed by green trees.

Changbai Mountains

Churchill Falls, western Labrador, Can.

Clements Mountain, Glacier National Park

Waterfalls cascade through the lush rainforest of the Rara Avis reserve in Costa Rica.

Gull Falls, Iceland

View an Icelandic waterfall and learn about its geologic life cycle and erosion into a smooth riverbed

Visit the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela on the Churún River

Watch clouds form over the Pacific Ocean and waterfalls pour down Mount Waialeale on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

The amazing journey of salmon in Norway

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