List of waterfalls by flow rate

This list of waterfalls by flow rate includes all waterfalls which are known to have an average flow rate or discharge of at least 150 cubic metres per second (5,300 cu ft/s). The waterfalls in this list are those for which there is verifiable information, and the list should not be assumed to be a complete list of waterfalls which would otherwise qualify as globally significant based on this metric.

Largest extant waterfalls

Waterfall	Image	Flow rate (m3/s)	Drop (m)	Width (m)	River	Countries	Coordinates	Notes
Inga Falls		25,768 (est.)	21	914	Congo	DRC	5°26′56″S 13°35′18″E	The Inga falls, whose status as a true waterfall is controversial, are currently incorporated into the Inga I and Inga II hydroelectric facilities. The volume of the river diverted is approximately 30% of the average discharge. The Grand Inga Dam, potentially the world's largest by generating capacity, is also proposed to be built on the falls.[1]
Livingstone Falls		25,060	6	701	Congo	DRC  Congo	4°52′41″S 14°26′08″E	A set of rapids that drops 6 metres (20 ft). Located at the southern end of the Republic of the Congo's border with the Congo River.[2]
Boyoma Falls		16,990	5	1,372	Lualaba, Congo	DRC	0°29′27″N 25°12′24″E	A series of seven cataracts, also referred to as the Stanley Falls. The last and most significant of these cataracts, at Kisangani, is known as Wagenia.[3] The Boyoma Falls marks the transition to the Congo River from the Lualaba River.[4]
Khone Phapheng Falls		11,610	21	10,783	Mekong	Laos	13°57′18″N 105°54′10″E	A series of falls and rapids that when measured end-to-end is over 10 kilometres in width, making it the world's widest waterfall. Largest waterfall in Asia by average flow rate.[5]
Pará Falls		3,540	64	5,608	Caura	Venezuela	6°19′01″N 64°30′33″W	Largest extant waterfall in South America by average flow rate.[6]
Paulo Afonso Falls		2,832	59	18	São Francisco	Brazil	9°23′21″S 38°11′45″W	Flow regulated by the Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex.[7]
Niagara Falls		2,407	51	1,204	Niagara	Canada  United States	43°04′48″N 79°04′16″W	Largest extant waterfall in North America by average flow rate. Flow regulated by the Robert Moses Niagara and Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations.[8]
Vermilion Falls		1,812	5	1,829	Peace	Canada	58°22′11″N 114°52′18″W	[9]
Iguazú Falls		1,746	64	2,682	Iguazú	Argentina  Brazil	25°41′43″S 54°26′12″W	[10]
Limestone Falls		1,464	22	335	Caniapiscau	Canada	57°28′45″N 69°18′36″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[11]
Pyrite Falls		1,464	8	579	Caniapiscau	Canada	57°26′00″N 69°14′32″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[12]
Victoria Falls		1,088	105	1,707	Zambezi	Zambia  Zimbabwe	17°55′27″S 25°51′22″E	Produces the largest sheet of falling water in the world.[13]
Virginia Falls		1,000	90	259	South Nahanni	Canada	61°36′27″N 125°44′20″W	[14]
Ngonye Falls		963	25	?	Zambezi	Zambia	16°39′08″S 23°34′17″E	Also known as Sioma Falls.[15]
Shale Falls		934	18	610	Caniapiscau	Canada	56°44′39″N 69°01′04″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[16]
Shivanasamudra Falls		934	98	305	Kaveri	India	12°17′33″N 77°10′03″E	This waterfall divides around Sivasamudram Island. One side is known as Gaganachukki and the other side is known as Barachukki.[17]
Willamette Falls		928	13	457	Willamette	United States	45°21′05″N 122°37′09″W	Prior to the development of the Oregon City area, it is thought the falls may have spanned as much as 762 metres across. Flow regulated by the T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant.[18]
Kongou Falls		900	56	3,200	Ivindo	Gabon	0°17′17″N 12°35′17″E	[19]
Kootenai Falls		731	9	258	Kootenay	United States	48°27′20″N 115°45′48″W	[20]
Laksforsen [no]		700	17	?	Vefsna	Norway	65°37′25″N 13°17′26″E	[21]
Oatmeal Rapids		697	?	?	Rupert River	Canada	51°21′24″N 77°25′11″E	Despite being nominally rapids, the falls are steep enough as to not meet the technical definition due to the final drop.[22]
Kaieteur Falls		663	226	113	Potaro	Guyana	5°10′30″N 59°28′50″W	[23]
Rheinfall		595	24	122	Rhine	Switzerland	47°40′40″N 8°36′56″E	Largest waterfall in Europe by average flow rate.[24]
Sarp Falls		577	21	?	Glomma	Norway	59°16′34″N 11°07′51″E	Second-largest waterfall in Europe by average flow rate.[25]
Kalandula Falls		566	105	411	Lucala	Angola	9°04′26″S 16°00′03″E	[26]
Chutes de Shawinigan [fr]		513	50	?	Saint-Maurice	Canada	46.531360°N 72.761830°W / 46.531360; -72.761830 (Shawinigan Falls)	Flow regulated by the Shawinigan 2 and Shawinigan 3 dams.[27]
Chaudière Falls		500	35	240	Chaudière	Canada	46°42′47″N 71°17′10″W	Flow regulated by the Sartigan Dam.[28]
Great Falls		474 (est.)	?	107	Potomac	United States	38°59′51″N 77°15′09″W	Flow regulated by the Washington Aqueduct.[29]
Kazan Falls		459	?	?	Kazan River	Canada	63°42′50″N 95°50′41″W	[30]
Granite Falls		453	21	?	Caniapiscau	Canada	55°50′42″N 68°25′25″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[31]
Chutes de la Lobé [fr]		390	?	?	Lobé River	Cameroon	2°52′56″N 9°53′49″E	[32]
Hidden Falls		425	30	?	Yarlung Tsangpo	China	29°46′34″N 95°10′54″E	[33]
Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall		380	10	24	Orkhon River	Mongolia	50°15′00″N 106°08′20″E	The flow rate heavely altered by mining operations.[34]
Saint Anthony Falls		370	15	?	Mississippi River	US	44°58′54″N 93°15′31″W	Shape and flow rate severely altered by large hydroelectric developments.
Urriðafoss		360	4	229	Þjórsá	Iceland	63°55′30″N 20°40′22″W	[35]
Little Eaton Canyon Falls		317			Caniapiscau	Canada	55°31′46″N 68°17′40″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[36]
Lower Eaton Canyon Falls		317			Caniapiscau	Canada	55°33′46″N 68°11′50″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[37]
Nastapoca Falls		317	35	35	Nastapoca	Canada	56°54′54″N 76°31′46″W	[38]
Tuktu Falls		317			Caniapiscau	Canada	55°32′36″N 68°14′44″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[39]
Twin Falls		317	48	61	Nastapoca	Canada	56°53′54″N 76°24′12″W	[40]
Upper Eaton Canyon Falls		317			Caniapiscau	Canada	55°33′29″N 68°12′57″W	Flow regulated by the KA-3 Dam of the Caniapiscau Reservoir.[41]
Augrabies Falls		313	56	24	Orange	South Africa	28°35′29″S 20°20′25″E	[42]
Murchison Falls		300	43	15	White Nile	Uganda	2°16′43″N 31°41′09″E	Flow regulated by the Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station.[43]
Dhuandhar Falls		294	30	?	Narmada River	India	23°07′30″N 79°48′53″E	[44]
Alexandra Falls		282	32	117	Hay River	Canada	60°30′02″N 116°16′46″W	[45]
Louise Falls		282	15	183	Hay River	Canada	60°30′12″N 116°14′29″W	[46]
Dettifoss		269	51	171	Jökulsá á Fjöllum	Iceland	65°48′53″N 16°23′04″W	[47]
Hafragilsfoss		269	27	85	Jökulsá á Fjöllum	Iceland	65°49′56″N 16°23′57″W	[48]
Réttarfoss		269	?	?	Jökulsá á Fjöllum	Iceland	65°52′47″N 16°26′09″W	[49]
Selfoss		269	13	387	Jökulsá á Fjöllum	Iceland	65°48′18″N 16°23′12″W	[50]
Kanawha Falls		255	?	?	Kanawha River	United States	38.138°N 81.213°W / 38.138; -81.213 (Sandstone Falls)	[51]
Ristafallet [sv]		250	14	50	Indalsälven	Sweden	63.31256°N 13.350903°E / 63.31256; 13.350903 (Ristafallet)	[52]
Sandstone Falls		222	4	549	New River	United States	37°45′24″N 80°54′21″W	[53]
Huka Falls		220	11	?	Waikato River	New Zealand	38°38′55″S 176°05′24″E	[54][55]
Félou Falls		216	13	?	Senegal River	Mali	14°21′13″N 11°20′43″W	Flow regulated by the Félou Hydroelectric Plant.[56]
Gouina Falls		216	16	500	Senegal River	Mali	14°00′54″N 11°06′09″W	Flow regulated by the Gouina Hydroelectric Plant.[57]
Big Falls		213	27	183	Missouri River	United States	47°34′08″N 111°07′26″W	Flow regulated by the Ryan Dam.[58][59]
Black Eagle Falls		213	8	183	Missouri River	United States	47°31′11″N 111°15′44″W	Flow regulated by the Black Eagle Dam.[60][59]
Crooked Falls		213	6	457	Missouri River	United States	47°32′06″N 111°11′47″W	Flow regulated by the Rainbow Dam.[61][59]
Rainbow Falls		213	13	305	Missouri River	United States	47°32′00″N 111°12′19″W	Flow regulated by the Rainbow Dam.[62][59]
Rusumo Falls		210	15	40	Kagera River	Rwanda  Tanzania	2°22′57″S 30°47′00″W	[63]
Målselvfossen [no]		196	22	600	Målselva	Norway	69°02′09″N 18°39′16″E	[64]
Storforsen		187	35	76	Pite River	Sweden	65°50′59″N 20°24′16″E	[65]
Kabwelume Falls		181	?	?	Kalungwishi River	Zambia	9°31′29″S 29°21′05″E	[66]
Lumangwe Falls		181	?	?	Kalungwishi River	Zambia	9°32′32″S 29°23′11″E	[67]
Zongo Falls		179	?	?	Inkisi River	DRC	4.777431°S 14.905735°E / -4.777431; 14.905735 (Zongo Falls)	Flow regulated by the Zongo II Hydroelectric Power Station.[68]
Rearguard Falls		171	6	61	Fraser River	Canada	52°58′24″N 119°21′51″W	[69]
Cohoes Falls		161	20	290	Mohawk River	United States	42°47′17″N 73°42′31″W	Flow regulated by the School Street Hydroelectric Generating Facility.[70][71]
Epupa Falls		160	37	1500	Cunene River	Angola  Namibia	17°00′00″S 13°14′36″E	Flow regulated by the Ruacana Hydroelectric Power Station.[72]
Ruacana Falls		160	120	700	Cunene River	Angola  Namibia	17°23′38″S 14°13′04″E	Flow regulated by the Ruacana Hydroelectric Power Station.[72]
Jog Falls		153	253	472	Sharavati River	India	14°13′45″N 74°48′45″E	Flow regulated by the Linganamakki Dam.[73]

Largest historic waterfalls

This list comprises the waterfalls which have ceased to exist due to the impoundment of their river(s) by a dam, or due to the diversion of the watercourse.

Waterfall	Image	Flow rate (m3/s)	Drop (m)	Width (m)	River	Countries	Coordinates	Notes
Guaíra Falls		13,309	40	4,828	Paraná	Brazil  Paraguay	24°04′03″S 54°17′00″W	Submerged beneath the Itaipu Reservoir following the completion of the Itaipu Dam in 1982.[74]
Celilo Falls		5,366	6.1	1,768	Columbia	United States	45°39′05″N 120°58′10″W	Submerged beneath the Columbia River following the completion of The Dalles Dam in 1957. The rock formation responsible for the falls remains intact.[75][76]
Kettle Falls		4,682	?	?	Columbia	United States	48°37′52″N 118°07′08″W	Submerged beneath Lake Roosevelt following the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam in 1940. The formation responsible for the falls remains intact.[77]
Urubupunga Falls		2,747	13	2,012	Paraná	Brazil	20°36′S 51°33′W	Submerged beneath the Paraná River following completion of the Engineer Souza Dias Dam in 1982. The formation responsible for the falls remains intact.[78]
Marimbondo Falls		1,501	24	2,012	Rio Grande	Brazil	20°18′35″S 49°12′06″W	The Marimbondo Dam was built atop the upper portion of the falls in 1971. The section further upstream was submerged beneath the Rio Grande, while the section below the dam was dewatered and are visible.[79]
San Rafael Falls		400	94	23	Coca	Ecuador	0°06′15″S 77°34′51″W	On 2 February 2020, a large sinkhole formed just above the falls, diverting its flow beneath a large band of rock (the former brink of the falls) which survived the collapse and became a natural bridge until it too collapsed. Although the river initially still fell over 100 m (330 ft) into the sinkhole, very rapid headward erosion has since left no significant waterfall at this location.[80][81][82]
La Chute Grande		170	19	?	Romaine	Canada	50°23′14″N 63°15′06″W	Destroyed by the construction of the Romaine-1 Generating Station at the top of the falls.[83]

Prehistoric waterfalls

See also: Outburst flood

Waterfall	Maximum daily flow rate (m3/s)	Tallest single drop (m)	Width (m)	River	Countries
Gibraltar (Zanclean deluge hypothesis)	100,000,000[84]			Strait of Gibraltar	Spain Morocco
Dry Falls	1,906,000[85]	120	4,828	Columbia	United States
Bosphorus (Black Sea deluge hypothesis)	480,000[86]	80		Bosphorus Strait	Turkey

See also

• Waterfall
• List of rivers by discharge
• List of waterfalls
• List of waterfalls by height
• List of waterfalls by type
• Orders of magnitude (power)