Kaieteur Falls

Kaieteur Falls is the world's largest single drop waterfall in terms of the amount of water flowing through it. Situated on the Potaro River in Kaieteur National Park, it is part of the Amazon rainforest, which is part of Guyana's Potaro-Siparuni region. Its height is 226 meters (741 feet), measuring over sandstone and conglomerate to the first cliff. It then passes through a series of steep waterfalls that, if included in the measurements, total 251 meters (822 feet). Many waterfalls are tall, but few have the same height and volume of water, and Kaieteur is one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world, with an average flow rate of 663 cubic meters per second (23,400 cubic feet per second).

Kaieteur Falls is about 4.5 times the height of Niagara Falls on the Canadian-US border and about twice the height of Victoria Falls on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border in Africa. This is a waterfall of just one drop. From Falls upwards, the Potaro Plateau runs up to the secluded cliffs of the Pakaraima Mountains. The Potaro River flows into the Essequibo River, one of the longest and widest rivers in South America and the longest in Guyana.

• Country: Guyana