Angel Faws
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| Salto Ángel Kerepakupai Vená |
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Angel Faws, Bolívar State, Venezuela
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| Location | Auyantepui, Canaima Naitional Pairk, Venezuela, Bolivar State |
| Coordinates | 5°58′03″N 62°32′08″W / 5.96750°N 62.53556°W |
| Teep | Plunges |
| Tot hicht | 979 m (3,212 ft) |
| Nummer o drops | 47 |
| Langest drop | 807 m (2,648 ft) |
| Warld hicht rankin | 1[1] |
Angel Faws (Spaingie: Salto Ángel; Pemon leid: Kerepakupai Vená, meanin "watterfaw o the deepest place", or Parakupá Vená, meanin "the faw frae the heichest pynt") is a watterfaw in Venezuela. It is the warld's heichest uninterruptit watterfaw, wi a hicht o 979 m (3,212 ft) an a plunge o 807 m (2,648 ft). The watterfaw drops ower the edge o the Auyantepui muntain in the Canaima Naitional Pairk (Spainyie: Parque Nacional Canaima), a UNESCO Warld Heritage steid in the Gran Sabana region o Bolívar State. The hicht figur 979 m (3,212 ft) maistly consists o the main plunge but an aa includes aboot 400 m (0.25 mi) o sloped cascades an rapids ablo the drop an a 30-metre (98 ft) heich plunge dounstream o the talus rapids.
The faws are on the Gauja River (alternatively kent as the Kerep River or Kerepacupai), which flows intae the Churun River, a tributary o the Carrao River.
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- ↑ Angel Falls. (2006). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 July 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007543
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