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How tall is the Huangguoshu Waterfall?

The Huangguoshu Waterfall has a vertical drop of about 77.8 m (255 ft).

What is measured: main waterfall drop

Huangguoshu Waterfall (77.8 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Huangguoshu Waterfall (77.8 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little shorter than the Statue of Liberty
  • About 24% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
  • About 74% of the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 1.6× the length of an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 3.3× the length of a tennis court

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Facts about Huangguoshu Waterfall

Huangguoshu is one of Asia’s largest waterfalls and forms part of a broad karst waterfall system in Guizhou, China.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Huangguoshu Falls; China National Tourism Administration, Huangguoshu Waterfall

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Huangguoshu Waterfall
Skógafoss60 m (197 ft)0.77×
Rainbow eucalyptus60 m (197 ft)0.77×
Coast redwood tree70 m (230 ft)0.9×
Huangguoshu Waterfall77.8 m (255 ft)this page
Great Waterfall of Plitvice78 m (256 ft)same size
General Sherman Tree84.8 m (278 ft)1.1×
Rainbow Bridge88 m (289 ft)1.1×
Giant sequoia tree95 m (312 ft)1.2×
Dettifoss100 m (328 ft)1.3×
Kalandula Falls105 m (344 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Huangguoshu Waterfall or Giant sequoia tree?

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