and also because of this....
Kaieteur Falls is a
waterfall
on the
Potaro River
in
Kaieteur National Park
, central Essequibo Territory, Guyana. It is 226 metres (741 ft) high when measured from its plunge over a
sandstone
and
conglomerate
cliff to the first break. It then flows over a series of steep cascades that, when included in the measurements, bring the total height to 251 metres (822 ft). While many falls have greater height, few have the combination of height and water volume, and the falls are among the most powerful waterfalls in the world with an average flow rate of 663 cubic metres per second (23,400 cubic feet per second).
[1]
.
Kaieteur Falls is about four times higher than the
Niagara Falls
, on the border between
Canada
and the
United States
and about twice the height of the
Victoria Falls
on the border of
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
in
Africa
. It is a single drop waterfall and is the 123rd tallest (single and multi-drop waterfall) in the world, according to the
World Waterfall Database
. The same website lists it as 19th largest waterfall in terms of volume
[2]
, and in their estimation, Kaieteur is the 26th most scenic waterfall in the world
[3]
. .
Upriver from the falls, the
Potaro Plateau
stretches out to the distant
escarpment
of the
Pakaraima Mountains
. The Potaro river empties into the
Essequibo River
which is one the longest and widest rivers in South America."