Angel Falls

E11096

natural monument waterfall

Angel Falls is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, plunging from the Auyán-tepui plateau in Venezuela.

Aliases (1)

Salto Ángel ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	natural monument → waterfall →
accessDifficulty	remote →
alternativeName	Kerepakupai Merú →
biome	tropical rainforest →
climate	tropical →
continent	South America →
country	Venezuela →
discoveredBy	Jimmie Angel →
discoveryYear	1933 →
erosionType	fluvial erosion of sandstone →
filmAppearance	inspiration for Paradise Falls in the film Up →
firstLandingOnAuyánTepuiBy	Jimmie Angel →
firstLandingOnAuyánTepuiYear	1937 →
firstOverflightYear	1933 →
flowRegime	seasonal variation →
geologicalFeature	tepui →
governingBody	Venezuelan National Parks Institute →
height	3212 feet → 979 metres →
indigenousPeople	Pemon →
latitude	approximately 5.97° N →
localName	Angel Falls → surface form: "Salto Ángel"
locatedIn	Bolívar State → Canaima National Park →
locatedOn	Auyán-tepui →
longitude	approximately 62.54° W →
namedAfter	Jimmie Angel →
nationalSymbolOf	Venezuela →
nearestAirstrip	Canaima airstrip →
nearestTown	Ciudad Bolívar →
numberOfDrops	multiple →
partOf	Orinoco Basin → surface form: "Orinoco River basin"
plateau	Auyán-tepui → surface form: "Auyán-tepui plateau"
protectedAreaStatus	within Canaima National Park →
region	Guiana Shield → surface form: "Guayana Shield"
river	Churún River →
sprayVisibility	visible from great distance →
tourismActivity	river trips → sightseeing → trekking →
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1994 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Canaima National Park →
viewpoint	Canaima lagoon →
watercourseType	plunge waterfall →
waterfallDrop	2647 feet → 807 metres →
worldRanking	world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Venezuela → contains → Angel Falls →

South America → hasMajorWaterfall → Angel Falls →

Angel Falls → localName → Angel Falls →

this entity surface form: "Salto Ángel"