en
Download

Nature

How tall is Huka Falls?

Huka Falls has a vertical drop of about 11 m (36 ft).

What is measured: height of the main waterfall drop

Huka Falls (11 m) drawn to scale beside a 20-foot shipping container (6.06 m) and a city bus (12 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Shipping container (20 ft) (6.06 m), Huka Falls (11 m) and City bus (12 m).

Compare

How big is that, really?

  • About the length of a city bus
  • About 5.5× as tall as a doorway
  • About 1.8× the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 6.5× as tall as an adult person
  • About 46% of the length of a tennis court

Learn

Facts about Huka Falls

Huka Falls is a powerful rapid on New Zealand's Waikato River, where the channel narrows to force enormous volumes through a gap.

Source: New Zealand Department of Conservation, “Huka Falls”; Taupō District Council, “Huka Falls”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Huka Falls
Balancing Rock9 m (30 ft)0.82×
Durdle Door10 m (33 ft)0.91×
Dragon blood tree10 m (33 ft)0.91×
Huka Falls11 m (36 ft)this page
Giant’s Causeway basalt column12 m (39 ft)1.1×
Naica giant crystal12 m (39 ft)1.1×
Saguaro cactus12 m (39 ft)1.1×
Joshua tree12 m (39 ft)1.1×
Delicate Arch14 m (46 ft)1.3×
Wave Rock15 m (49 ft)1.4×

Test your sense of scale

Which is bigger: Huka Falls or Balancing Rock?

Topics

More sizes like this