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Why does waterfall?
Because it is a liquid and it will always flow to the lowest pointit can find
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What is a waterfall model?
The waterfall Project Management model is a skeleton for system development. It advances consecutively through a succession of phases, preliminarily with system feasibility an…alysis and concluding up to system release and maintenance. (MORE)
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How is a waterfall formed?
Water falls over Hard rock. When it reaches the soft rock, the water starts to wear away the soft rock, this is called erosion. Over hundreds or even thousands of years, the s…oft rock is slowly eaten away or eroded and the river begins to cut down further into the soft rock. This makes a cliff over which the water can topple. Over time, the cliff becomes steeper as more soft rock is eroded, and deeper as bigger boulders come over the waterfall, and the ground gets beaten with more and more rocks until it creates a plunge pool. Some of the water goes under the waterfall and under cuts the soft rock. More of the hard rock begins to fall away and the waterfall slowly moves upstream. Water falls are formed when a layer of soft rock is under a layer of hard rock. The soft rock is eroded forming a plunge pool. The hard rock fall in the plunge pool. As this keeps happening both layers stay the same and the water falls to the rivers. Waterfalls are formed by erosional processes- Hydraulic, corrosion and attrition action. Waterfalls form where rivers meet a less resistant rock, after flowing over more resistant rock. The hard rock eventually collapses into the plunge pool at the bottom and the soft rock is eroded back. It all starts off on top of a high elevation, such as a mountain, and when it rains the water tumbles down the mountain or hill. Sometimes there is no path for the water to follow so it must fall of the cliff. There is a layer of hard rock underneath the water and soft rock underneath that. The soft rock erodes faster than the hard rock forming a curved ledge underneath the hard rock. A plunge pool would be formed at the bottom once the water had started tumbling down. After some time, the hard rock would erode too, pushing the waterfall upstream over years. Wherever rain falls the laws of gravity assure that one way or another it will try to reach the ocean. Normally it moves to lower ground by lines of least resistance ie trickle down, first small creeks and streams slowly gathering to meet in a valley to form a river and down to the coast. Sometimes the rainfall on rocky platforms or plateau's can not find a route down hill. This water will gather until there is enough to find the line of least resistance and cascade over the edge of the plateau in a water fall. Over the course of time the rain will gouge out a permanent watercourse at this point (MORE)
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A definition of a waterfall?
A waterfall is the physical feature that occurs when a stream or river flows over the edge of a vertical (or nearly vertical) escarpment of considerable height (above a few me…ters). (MORE)
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How does the waterfall start?
by a high current that is from the sea in to a river and over time the rock has worn away by the water then a waterfall is formed with a very high current!
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Does Japan have waterfalls?
Yes. It is very mountainous, and has a few. One, for example, is at Kiyomizudera , otherwise known as the 'Water Temple'. It is based entirely around a small waterfall.
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What are the uses of waterfall?
A waterfall can power an electric generating plant with the energy of the falling water. Waterfalls are also very scenic and can attract tourists. Niagara Falls is used for bo…th of these purposes. (MORE)
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How does a waterfall erode?
They water that flows over the edge takes rocks which erode the softer rock away. This normally undercuts the hard rock which eventually collapes.
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What is the biggest waterfalls?
The highest waterfall in the world is Salto Angel Falls on the Rio Gauja in Venezuela at 979 metres. The second highest is Tugela Falls on the Tugela River in South Af…rica at 850 metres. The third highest is Utigordsfoss Falls, a glacial stream in Norway at 800 metres. (MORE)
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Does the nile have a waterfall?
Yes the Nile river does have waterfalls. The largest waterfall located in the Nile river is in Ethiopia on Lake Tana.