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Waterfalls in Europe

626 waterfalls in Europe, spread across 36 countries. The best known is Rhine Falls in Switzerland. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In Europe
626
Countries
36
Share of world
35%
Little known
520 of 626

Waterfalls in Europe, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Waterfalls elsewhere

Asia369 Africa93 North America503 South America55 Oceania159

Questions about this page

What are the best known waterfalls in Europe?

Rhine Falls in Switzerland leads the list. Waterfall on the Rhein River in Switzerland.

Which country in Europe has the most?

United Kingdom (140), Norway (76) and Iceland (69). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

626 of the 1,807 waterfalls on this atlas, so 35%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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