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How tall is Kaieteur Falls?

Kaieteur Falls has a vertical drop of about 226 m (741 ft).

What is measured: drop from lip to plunge pool

Kaieteur Falls (226 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), Kaieteur Falls (226 m) and Eiffel Tower (330 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little shorter than the Eiffel Tower
  • About 2.4× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 27% of the height of the Burj Khalifa
  • About 2.2× the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 4.5× the length of an Olympic swimming pool

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Facts about Kaieteur Falls

Kaieteur Falls is a single-drop waterfall on Guyana’s Potaro River and is surrounded by rainforest in Kaieteur National Park.

Source: Guyana Tourism Authority — Kaieteur Falls; Encyclopaedia Britannica — Kaieteur Falls

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Kaieteur Falls
Rhine Falls150 m (492 ft)0.66×
Son Doong Cave150 m (492 ft)0.66×
Detian Falls200 m (656 ft)0.88×
Kaieteur Falls226 m (741 ft)this page
Baatara Gorge Waterfall255 m (837 ft)1.1×
Wallaman Falls268 m (879 ft)1.2×
Great Blue Hole318 m (1,043 ft)1.4×
Big Daddy Dune325 m (1,066 ft)1.4×
Uluru348 m (1,142 ft)1.5×
Bridal Veil Falls365 m (1,198 ft)1.6×

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Which is bigger: Kaieteur Falls or Great Blue Hole?

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