世界上最長的瀑布

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Salto Angel from Raton

Location
Auyantepui, Canaima National Park, Venezuela

Type
Plunge

Total Height
979 m / 3,212 ft

Height of Longest Drop
807 m / 2,648 ft

Number of Drops
2

World Height Ranking
1[1]
安赫爾瀑布（Angel Falls，通常依字義譯為天使瀑布，但不合語源），又名丘倫梅魯瀑布，位於南美洲委內瑞拉玻利瓦爾州蓋亞那高原的丘倫河上，藏身於的委內瑞拉與蓋亞那的高原密林深處。
安赫爾瀑布是世界上落差最大的瀑布，丘倫河水從平頂高原奧揚特普伊山（Auyan-tepui）直流而下，寬150米，落差979.6米，以離丘倫河谷地172米的分結晶岩平臺為界，瀑布分為兩級。

1935年，西班牙人卡多納首次發現了原本只有本地印第安人才知曉的丘倫梅魯瀑布。
1937年，美國探險家詹姆斯·安赫爾（James Crawford Angel）在空中對瀑布進行考察時墜機，委內瑞拉也因此將瀑布命名為「安赫爾」。









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Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world, as well as the tallest single drop in the world. The falls consist of a 2648 foot plunge, where the water comes out of the face of Auyan Tepui, then it cascades down steep talus before dropping over another 100 foot cascade. No one seems to know what the stream the falls occur on is called. For the longest time, there have been references to Angel Falls being known in Pemon (the local language) as Churún Merú, and the falls subsequently being on Rio Churún. However, the real Pemon name of the falls is Kerepakupai Merú, which means "fall from the deepest place". To further clear this issue, Churún Merú is a totally different waterfall of about half the height of Angel Falls, located further up the large canyon bysecting Auyan Tepui. The top of the Tepui from which the falls drop is heavily fractured and jointed sandstone. The waters above the falls drop into a series of cracks, crevices, and gorges and burst out of the cliff face about 50 feet below the brink. The waterfall segments in periods of highest water. We've seen photos that show the falls split into 3 major portions, creating a veil of water on the order of 600' in width. Pilot Jimmy Angel is widely credited for discovering the falls in 1937, but the true discoverer was one Ernesto de Santa Cruz, who found the falls in 1910. The falls were subsequently named for Jimmy Angel, since he was the first westerner to view the falls.






Total Height:


3212 feet


979 meters



Tallest Single Drop:


2648 feet


807 meters



Number of Drops:


2



Waterfall Type:


Plunge, Cascades



Average Width:


350 feet


107 meters



Average Volume:









Maximum Recorded Volume:









Watercourse:


Rio Gauja



Seasonality:


Perennial



Seasons of Best Flow:

http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=1/





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委内瑞拉天使瀑布-Angel Falls - Venezuela
　　天使瀑布又叫安赫尔瀑布或者丘伦梅鲁瀑布，是世界上最高的瀑布，位于委内瑞拉东南部、卡罗尼河支流卡劳河(Carrao)源流丘伦河(Churun) 上，当地的印第安人取名为“出龙”。河水从圭亚那高原奥扬特普伊山(Auyan Tepui)的陡壁直泻下来，落差达979米，大约是尼亚加拉瀑布高度的18倍。瀑布分为两级，先泻下807米，落在一个岩架上，然后再跌落172米，落在山脚下一个宽152米的大水池内。这个地区的热带雨林非常茂密，不可能步行抵达瀑布的底部。雨季时，河流因多雨而变深，人们可以乘船进入。在一年的其他时间里，只能从空中观赏瀑布。1937年首次为美国飞行员詹姆斯?安赫尔(James Angel)发现，故以其名命名。

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世界上最長的瀑布位在那裡？有多長？
　　位在委內瑞拉東部的歐揚桌山(Auyan Tepuy)
是一座長五十公里、寬四十五公里的心型台地，總
面積約六百六十七平方公里，其間的黑川，由向北
流經台地後，成為天使瀑布(Salto Angel)，瀑布
的水看來好似從天而降，水濂長達九百七十九公尺
，是世界上最長的瀑布。