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• Angel Falls is the highest free-falling, fresh water waterfall in the world, dropping 3212 feet from the rim of Auyan-Tepui, a table-top mountain in Venezuela's Canaima National Park.

• Fast Facts

  1. Drops 3212 feet in two drops
  2. 15 times the height of Niagara Falls
  3. By the time the water reaches the ground, it is only a mist from the blowing winds
  4. Discovered by [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Angel Jimmy Angel] in 1933
  5. Located in [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaima_National_Park Canaima National Park], in Venezuela
  6. Known worldwide for its [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping Base jumping]

• History

  Angel Falls is named for the aviator James C. Angel, who spotted it from his small plane on November 16, 1933, while searching for what he believed would be a major deposit of gold. Prior to Angel, it had been known to few, including the local Pemon Indians, who call it Kerepakupai Merú ("fall of the deepest place"). Angel Falls has since become Venezuela's most well-known tourist attraction, though it is dificult to reach without a flight from one of the country's major cities, Ciudad Bolivar or Caracas.

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