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How tall is the Baatara Gorge Waterfall?

The Baatara Gorge Waterfall has a vertical drop of about 255 m (837 ft).

What is measured: vertical drop of the main cascade

Baatara Gorge Waterfall (255 m) drawn to scale beside the Statue of Liberty (93 m) and the Eiffel Tower (330 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Statue of Liberty (93 m), Baatara Gorge Waterfall (255 m) and Eiffel Tower (330 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little shorter than the Eiffel Tower
  • About 2.7× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 31% of the height of the Burj Khalifa
  • About 2.4× the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 5.1× the length of an Olympic swimming pool

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Facts about Baatara Gorge Waterfall

Baatara Gorge Waterfall plunges through three natural limestone bridges in Lebanon's Tannourine region.

Source: Lebanon Ministry of Tourism, “Baatara Gorge Waterfall”; Atlas Obscura, “Baatara Gorge Waterfall”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Baatara Gorge Waterfall
Rhine Falls150 m (492 ft)0.59×
Detian Falls200 m (656 ft)0.78×
Kaieteur Falls226 m (741 ft)0.89×
Baatara Gorge Waterfall255 m (837 ft)this page
Wallaman Falls268 m (879 ft)1.1×
Great Blue Hole318 m (1,043 ft)1.2×
Big Daddy Dune325 m (1,066 ft)1.3×
Uluru348 m (1,142 ft)1.4×
Bridal Veil Falls365 m (1,198 ft)1.4×
Parícutin volcano424 m (1,391 ft)1.7×

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Which is bigger: Baatara Gorge Waterfall or Great Blue Hole?

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