How Waterfalls Work

...Waterfalls are also strangely tricky to define. Geologists sometimes have a hard time defining where a waterfall truly ends and begins. So how do waterfalls work? Are they just there all of the time, continually spilling over the edges of mountains, or do they actually form and change over time? To learn about waterfalls, read the next....

Inside This Article

1. Introduction to How Waterfalls Work

2. Waterfall Formation

3. Types of Waterfalls

 

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