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How tall is Browne Falls?

Browne Falls has a vertical drop of about 838 m (2,749 ft).

What is measured: total waterfall height

Browne Falls (838 m) drawn to scale beside the Burj Khalifa (828 m) and the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Burj Khalifa (828 m), Browne Falls (838 m) and Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 2.5× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 9× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 31% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 8× the length of a football (soccer) pitch

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Facts about Browne Falls

Browne Falls drops from Lake Browne into Doubtful Sound on New Zealand’s South Island.

Source: New Zealand Department of Conservation, “Fiordland National Park”; World Waterfall Database, “Browne Falls”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Browne Falls
Pulpit Rock604 m (1,982 ft)0.72×
Mount Augustus717 m (2,352 ft)0.86×
Yosemite Falls739 m (2,425 ft)0.88×
Gocta Falls771 m (2,530 ft)0.92×
Horseshoe Falls790 m (2,592 ft)0.94×
Browne Falls838 m (2,749 ft)this page
Yumbilla Falls896 m (2,940 ft)1.1×
Tugela Falls948 m (3,110 ft)1.1×
Table Mountain1,086 m (3,563 ft)1.3×
Niagara Falls1.2 km (3,937 ft)1.4×

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Which is bigger: Browne Falls or Table Mountain?

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