Rhine Falls

E634695

tourist attraction waterfall

Rhine Falls is a spectacular and powerful waterfall in northern Switzerland, renowned as one of the largest waterfalls in Europe by volume.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	tourist attraction ⓘ waterfall ⓘ
accessibleBy	boat ⓘ car ⓘ train ⓘ
averageFlowRate	about 600 cubic metres per second ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
downstreamFrom	Schaffhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ
formationPeriod	about 14,000 to 17,000 years ago ⓘ
formedDuring	last Ice Age ⓘ
GermanName	Rheinfall NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIllumination	night illumination in tourist season ⓘ
hasInformationCenter	visitor center at Laufen Castle ⓘ
hasIsland	rocky islet in the middle of the falls ⓘ
hasRailwayStationNearby	Neuhausen Rheinfall railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasViewingPlatforms	yes ⓘ
hasWalkways	viewing walkways along the banks ⓘ
height	about 23 metres ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the largest waterfalls in Europe by volume ⓘ large water flow volume ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCanton	Canton of Schaffhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Neuhausen am Rheinfall NERFINISHED ⓘ Schaffhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearBorderWith	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Laufen Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Wörth Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearCity	Schaffhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearTown	Neuhausen am Rheinfall NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	High Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Swiss Plateau edge ⓘ
safetyInfrastructure	fenced viewing platforms ⓘ
summerFlowRate	up to about 700 cubic metres per second ⓘ
supportsActivity	boat tours ⓘ photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ
tourismImportance	major Swiss tourist attraction ⓘ
touristBoatTrips	yes ⓘ
upstreamFrom	Lake Constance NERFINISHED ⓘ
watercourseType	cascade ⓘ
width	about 150 metres ⓘ
winterFlowRate	about 250 cubic metres per second ⓘ

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

High Rhine → hasPart → Rhine Falls ⓘ

High Rhine → hasLandmark → Rhine Falls ⓘ

Schaffhausen → locatedNear → Rhine Falls ⓘ

canton of Schaffhausen → contains → Rhine Falls ⓘ

northern Switzerland → containsLandmark → Rhine Falls ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Switzerland