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Angel Falls

a waterfall in SE Venezuela, on the Caroní River. Height (probably the highest in the world): 979 m (3211 ft.)
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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After thinking this through a bit, one can see the X-Y-X system in Angel Falls, usually a whole step with a third above and below.
The prospect of jumping off Angel Falls in Venezuela, which is twice the height of the Empire State building, presented itself in 1998.
The party had been to visit the 2,640ft Angel Falls in Canaima National Park.
The plane was en route to Angel Falls, a popular tourist destination in the area.
Angel falls for Tess, too, and finally proposes to her, but she carries the secret of her non-virginal status as well as that of the deceased baby that she bore.
The highest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls in Venezuela, where the water drops over 800 meters.
With each torrential downpour, the swollen streams shoot over a precipice, plunging 979m down into the Devil's Canyon to become the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls. The journey continues downstream to the widest continuous waterfall - the thundering Iguacu Falls - and on to the perilous waters of the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal in Brazil, patrolled by piranhas and caiman.
The drama dates back to 1935, when Jimmy Angel and his co-pilot sought a mythical river of gold and spotted instead the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls. In gratitude for a gold mine of a tourist attraction, the Venezuelan government gave each of the men a mining concession.
A case of lobomycosis involving the chest was recently described in an Atlanta, Georgia, man who had previously traveled to Venezuela and was exposed to extremely high water pressure while walking under Angel Falls (7), although the first published description of a human case in the United States appears to be in an immigrant from Suriname (6).
The green family welcomes new shades like wasabi and lily pad, while new inspirational blues include tide pool, angel falls and cosmic sky, according to the company.
The island is large enough to provide eight different excursions plus an opportunity to visit Angel Falls (tallest in the world) and Canaima National Park by air.
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