Angel Falls

Angel Falls (; Pemon: Kerepakupai Merú or Parakupá Vená) is the tallest waterfall in the world. It fell  but recently dropped to . It drops from a mountain called Auyantepui. It is in Venezuela. The drop is so far, that the water turns into mist when it reaches the bottom.

The Pemon name Kerepakupai Merú or Parakupá Vená, named by the Pemon indigenous people, means "falls from the deepest place".

Ironically, the more famous name of the falls has nothing to do with the connotation that its water falls from the heavens. The falls are named for Jimmy Angel, who was an American airplane pilot who crashed at the top of the falls in 1937.Parque Nacional Canaima. (1964): “Parque Nacional Canaima – La Gran Sabana/Plan rector”. Corporación de Turismo de Venezuela. Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría. y Nacional Park Service U.S. Departamento of the Interior. Caracas Venezuela 214p."Plane Pilot Sights Highest Waterfall in World."  Popular Science, April 1938, p. 37. 

References

Other websites

 Parques Nacionales y espacios protegidos de Venezuela
 El Salto Ángel en world-waterfalls.com  (en inglés)
 Vista Panorámica del Salto Ángel en viewat.org 

Category:Waterfalls
Category:Bodies of water of South America

Category:Geography of Venezuela