{"id":20886,"date":"2018-12-03T08:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T07:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=20886"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:43:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:43:25","slug":"underwater-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/underwater-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwater Falls: The biggest waterfalls in the world are under the ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Among the most loved destinations, men have always dreamed of waterfalls. Italy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/marmore-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cascate delle Marmore<\/a>, the famous Niagara Falls or the magical Angel Falls never stopped enchanting and fascinating millions of people, every day. Surprisingly, according to a recent discovery, the tallest jump is under the water\u2019s surface: we are dealing with underwater waterfalls.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>We have already told you about about <a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-most-spectacular-waterfalls-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Italy\u2019s most spectacular waterfalls<\/a>, but today we want to tell you about the <strong>tallest and mightiest waterfalls<\/strong> in the world. If you thought that they were the Angel Falls, in the Canaima National Park in Venezuela, well you\u2019re wrong. A new discovery revealed that they are in the ocean, in the Denmark Strait, between Greenland and Iceland. Yes, they are <strong>underwater falls<\/strong>, more than 500 m under the surface: Not too easy to visit, but incredibly majestic.<\/p>\n<h2>Record-breaking underwater falls<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20886 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/7125544405_c3183bd115_k-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20888\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20888'>\n\t\t\t\tVictoria Falls, photo by Simone Priori on Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/6959472105_deb38fea06_k-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20889\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20889'>\n\t\t\t\tAngel Falls, photo by Roberto Speziale on Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/edward-koorey-761471-unsplash-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20890\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20890'>\n\t\t\t\tNiagara Falls, photo by Edward Koorey on Unsplash\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The <strong>figures<\/strong> of these underwater falls are stupefying and they dwarf anything we might find on land.<\/p>\n<p>The sheet of falling water expands for <strong>160 km<\/strong>: <strong>Victoria Falls<\/strong> (between Zambia and Zimbabwe), the largest on-land falls, are barely 1.5-km long and even the combined length of the <strong>Iguaz\u00fa<\/strong> system (between Brazil and Argentina) reaches only 2.7km.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angel Falls<\/strong>\u2019 drop in Venezuela, known as the highest, is 891 m high, ma it is nothing compared to the almost <strong>2.900 m<\/strong> of these underwater cataracts. They plunge indeed to a depth of 3.505 m under the sea level.<\/p>\n<p>Esteems say that their water flow is between <strong>3.5 and 5 million cubic meters per second<\/strong>, almost embarrassing the 200.000 m3\/s carried by the <strong>Niagara Falls<\/strong> (between Canada and USA).<\/p>\n<h2>Earth\u2019s biggest waterfalls are in the ocean<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_20891\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-20891\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura.jpg\" alt=\"How the underwater falls in the Denmark Strait work\" width=\"1323\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura.jpg 1323w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-536x325.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-344x208.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1323px) 100vw, 1323px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">How the underwater falls in the Denmark Strait work<\/div><\/div>\n<p>But how is it possible for waterfalls to exist underwater? It\u2019s just a \u201csimple\u201d matter of <strong>water currents<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Strait, meet the freezing waters of the <strong>Greenland Sea<\/strong> and those slightly less cold of the Irminger Sea. The <strong>colder and denser<\/strong> current, flows under the warmer waters, creating these immense <strong>waterfalls<\/strong> that unfortunately remain <strong>hidden<\/strong> from human sight.<\/p>\n<p>This <em>MIT<\/em>&#8216;s video shows effectively how this movement works:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=2&amp;v=ZjjWyErwVk8\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20892\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-2.jpg\" alt=\"Cattura 2\" width=\"1070\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-2.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-2-536x301.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-2-870x490.jpg 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-2-570x320.jpg 570w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Cattura-2-344x193.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Cover photo: Under the surface of the sea, hide huge underwater falls. Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>You might also like:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/europes-natural-pools\/\" target=\"_blank\">Europe\u2019s most beautiful natural pools<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/colors-destinations-travels\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colors on holiday: 10 destinations to put a little happiness in your travels<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/catania-etna-green-sicily\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catania and Mount Etna, your green adventure in Sicily<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the most loved destinations, men have always dreamed of waterfalls. Italy\u2019s Cascate delle Marmore, the famous Niagara Falls or the magical Angel Falls never stopped enchanting and fascinating millions of people, every day. Surprisingly, according to a recent discovery, the tallest jump is under the water\u2019s surface: we are dealing with underwater waterfalls. 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