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How tall is Yosemite Falls?

Yosemite Falls has a vertical drop of about 739 m (2,425 ft).

What is measured: total vertical drop

Yosemite Falls (739 m) drawn to scale beside the Eiffel Tower (330 m) and the Burj Khalifa (828 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Eiffel Tower (330 m), Yosemite Falls (739 m) and Burj Khalifa (828 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 2.2× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 7.9× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 27% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 7× the length of a football (soccer) pitch

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Facts about Yosemite Falls

Yosemite Falls is North America's tallest measured waterfall when its three sections are counted together.

Source: U.S. National Park Service, Yosemite Falls; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Yosemite Falls

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Yosemite Falls
Ball’s Pyramid562 m (1,844 ft)0.76×
Sutherland Falls580 m (1,903 ft)0.78×
Pulpit Rock604 m (1,982 ft)0.82×
Mount Augustus717 m (2,352 ft)0.97×
Yosemite Falls739 m (2,425 ft)this page
Gocta Falls771 m (2,530 ft)1×
Horseshoe Falls790 m (2,592 ft)1.1×
Browne Falls838 m (2,749 ft)1.1×
Yumbilla Falls896 m (2,940 ft)1.2×
Tugela Falls948 m (3,110 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Yosemite Falls or Yumbilla Falls?

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