Search the Dictionary:
![](images/hdr-dyk.gif)
![waterfall](/images/sized/images/uploads/sd/Waterfall-266x206.jpg)
Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia, USA. Credit: Forest Wander from Cross Lanes, USA .
waterfall:
A sudden fall of water from a river or stream flowing on a high ground level to a much lower level. Often called a falls, as in Niagara Falls on the border between the United States and Canada or Angel Falls in Venezuela.