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Rhine Falls

waterfall, Switzerland
Also known as: Rheinfall
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Rhine Falls, the most spectacular waterfall in central Europe, on the upper Rhine River just below Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland. The total fall of the cataract, including the rapids, is about 100 feet (30 meters), the width 492 feet (150 meters). There are two main falls divided by a pillarlike rock formation, that on the right bank dropping about 50 feet (15 meters), on the left, 65 feet (20 meters).

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