| Waterfalls are water systems in which water falls | | | | are used for building waterfall cascades. Even copper |
| from a height into another water body at the base. | | | | and slate are used for building waterfalls. Artificial |
| They may be natural or artificial. Waterfalls are very | | | | waterfalls need a submersible pump unit and a base |
| aesthetically appealing and regarded as tourist spots. | | | | for receiving water. The base can be designed as a |
| Several huge natural waterfalls are responsible for | | | | pond with fishes and aquatic life in it. Waterfalls |
| running the entire economies of the settlements | | | | automatically attract various birds and butterflies, |
| around them by attracting tourists. People also | | | | thus adding to their visual appeal. |
| construct artificial waterfalls in their backyards or | | | | Indoor waterfalls are also becoming popular. These |
| gardens, or even indoors, to avail of their scenic | | | | are made of a variety of materials such as copper, |
| beauty and soothing sounds. | | | | slate, stone and fiberglass, and they may be |
| Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest natural waterfall | | | | wall-mounted or tabletop. Water can be made to |
| of the world. It falls from a drop of 3,230 feet. The | | | | flow through thin transparent glass sheets and used |
| Canaima Natural Park is built around it and it mainly | | | | as a partition for offices or bars. There are infinite |
| attracts tourists because of Angel Falls. Victoria Falls | | | | possibilities to customize a waterfall. |
| on the Zambezi River located on the | | | | Hotels build waterfalls around their pools or construct |
| Zambia-Zimbabwe border is about 1 mile in breadth as | | | | whole waterfall gardens. Different colored bulbs can |
| it falls, making it the widest waterfall in the world. | | | | be placed strategically in the waterfall to give the |
| Niagara Falls in America and Canada contains the | | | | effect of colored water. Metal tubes and pipes are |
| highest quantity of any waterfall all over the world. All | | | | also effectively used to produce calming |
| these waterfalls attract millions of people each year, | | | | reverberating water sounds. |
| thus building up tremendous foreign exchange for | | | | Waterfalls are mainly built for their visual appeal, but |
| their countries. | | | | some people, especially in Asia, believe in the |
| In order to partake of some of this beauty, people | | | | supernatural powers of a waterfall. Feng Shui and |
| have begun building waterfalls in their own gardens | | | | Vaastu experts believe that having a system of |
| and backyards. Building artificial waterfalls is an age-old | | | | flowing water in the house creates dynamism |
| Japanese art, which has now taken many modern | | | | indicative of progress. In fact, in Asia people who can |
| twists. Waterfalls are built of rock or stone. There | | | | afford to design their living rooms with a waterfall in |
| are artificial foam and pumice stones available, which | | | | them. |