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    erhaps you have visited Niagara Falls, one of North America's largest
    A Tumble of Water
    waterfalls. Now picture Niagara eighteen times higher. You can begin
    to imagine the breathtaking sight of the highest waterfall in the world,
    Venezuela's Angel Falls.
    Called
    Salto Ángel
    in Spanish, Angel Falls sends water tumbling more than
    3,212 feet (979 meters) off a mountain cliff The water falls so far that it
    makes a deafening roar as it
    hits the rocks and water
    below. As people approach
    Angel Falls from a distance,
    they say they hear its constant
    "whoosh" from as far as 3
    miles (4.8 kilometers) away.
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    Angel Falls pours off the
    edge of a mountain called
    Auyán Tepuy.The falls are
    fed by the Churún River.
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    Angel Falls Facts:
    • Angel Falls stands 3,212 feet (979 m)
    high, the highest waterfall in the
    world. It is almost twice as high as
    the world's tallest building.
    • AuyánTepuy stands 8,400 feet
    (2,560 m) above sea level.
    • Angel Falls is part of Venezuela's
    Canaima National Park.The park
    features many other mountains
    and waterfalls.
    • Its longest uninterrupted drop is
    2,648 feet (807 m)—also the
    highest in the world.
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    ngel Falls is located in Venezuela, one of the most northern countries
    in South America. The waterfall and its mountain are part of the Gran
    Sabana, where rolling
    savannah
    grasslands are interrupted by huge
    tepuys
    (flat-topped mountains). The Gran Sabana is part of the larger Guayana
    Highlands region. The highlands stretch from Venezuela to the southeast
    and cross several countries' borders.
    The rainy season in the Gran Sabana lasts from May to November. Clouds
    blow in from the Atlantic Ocean, causing huge amounts of rain to fall on the
    region. These sudden downpours help to feed the many rivers that crisscross
    the land. Some of the rivers eventually empty at waterfalls. There are
    hundreds of waterfalls in the region, but none is as amazing as Angel Falls.
    9 Some 965,000 square miles (2.5 million sq km) of savannah cover Venezuela
    and other South American countries.
    Angel Falls may be the highest waterfall, but nearby Roraima
    Tepuy is the highest mountain in the Guayana Highlands. The
    stunning mountain is surrounded by jungles containing strange
    and rare wildlife. Many plants that grow here are found no place
    else on Earth.
    Some people exploring Roraima feel as if they have stepped into a
    prehistoric age. That very idea inspired British author Sir Arthur
    Conan Doyle to write his 1912 novel
    The Lost World.
    In the book,
    a group of explorers discover a land of dinosaurs and ape-men on
    the mountain. Today, people often refer to the entire Gran Sabana
    as the "lost world."
    Roraima Tepuy's
    immense flat top
    ranges for 26 square
    miles (67 sq km).
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