One of the wonder of the World Angel Falls

in #nature7 years ago

 The Angel Falls (Kerepakupai Vená, in Pemón, which means "jump of the Deepest Place") N 1 is the highest waterfall of the world, with a height of 979 m (807 m of Continuous fall), 1 2 3 generated from the Auyantepuy. It is located in Canaima National Park, in Bolivar State, Venezuela. A protected natural space, established as a national park on June 12, 1962 and Declarado4 World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994, extends over an area of more than  30,000 km² (similar to the territorial extension of Belgium), to the border with Brazil and the territory of the Essequibo (currently in complaint). The name with which it is known internationally, Salto Ángel, was suggested by a Venezuelan in honor to the American aviator Jimmie Angel, who in the year 1937 collaborated more formally in the existence and exact location of the fall by flying over it in his plane and more Afternoon to perch on its summit, giving it a worldwide repercussion. In the Century  xxl   He was one of the 28 finalists in the choice of the seven natural wonders of the world. 

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