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How tall is Yumbilla Falls?

Yumbilla Falls has a vertical drop of about 896 m (2,940 ft).

What is measured: Total waterfall height, Peru

Yumbilla Falls (896 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), Yumbilla Falls (896 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 2.7× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 9.6× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 33% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 10% of the height of Mount Everest

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Facts about Yumbilla Falls

Yumbilla Falls descends in several major drops through a cloud-forest landscape in Peru’s Amazonas Region.

Source: Gobierno Regional Amazonas, “Catarata de Yumbilla”; World Waterfall Database, “Yumbilla Falls”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Yumbilla Falls
Mount Augustus717 m (2,352 ft)0.8×
Yosemite Falls739 m (2,425 ft)0.82×
Gocta Falls771 m (2,530 ft)0.86×
Horseshoe Falls790 m (2,592 ft)0.88×
Browne Falls838 m (2,749 ft)0.94×
Yumbilla Falls896 m (2,940 ft)this page
Tugela Falls948 m (3,110 ft)1.1×
Table Mountain1,086 m (3,563 ft)1.2×
Niagara Falls1.2 km (3,937 ft)1.3×
Kīlauea1,247 m (4,091 ft)1.4×

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Which is bigger: Yumbilla Falls or Table Mountain?

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