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Angel Falls
Angel Falls
(;
Pemon language
:
Kerepakupai Vená
, meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", or
Parakupá Vená
, meaning "the fall from the highest point") is a
waterfall
in
Venezuela
. It is the
world's highest uninterrupted waterfall
, with a height of and a plunge of . The waterfall drops over the edge of the
Auyantepui
mountain in the
Canaima National Park
(
Spanish
: Parque Nacional Canaima), a
UNESCO World Heritage site
in the
Gran Sabana
region of
Bolívar State
. The height figure mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about of sloped cascades and
rapids
below the drop and a high plunge downstream of the talus rapids.
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