Huangguoshu Waterfall

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'**Huangguoshu Waterfall'**

Huangguoshu Waterfall
Location	Anshun, Guizhou, China
Coordinates	25°59′31″N 105°39′58″E / 25.992, 105.666 (Huangguoshu Waterfall)Coordinates: 25°59′31″N 105°39′58″E / 25.992, 105.666 (Huangguoshu Waterfall)
Elevation	903.9 m (2,966 ft)
Type	Segmented Block
Total height	77.8 m (255 ft)
Total width	101 m (330 ft)
Average flow rate	18.2 L/s km²
Watercourse	Baihe River

Huangguoshu Falls (traditional Chinese: 黃果樹瀑布; simplified Chinese: 黄果树瀑布; pinyin: huángguǒshùpùbù; Wade-Giles: Huang-guo-shu pu-bu)) is the largest waterfall in China and Asia located on the Baihe River (白水河) in Anshun, Guizhou Province. It is 77.8 m (255 ft) high and 101 m (330 ft) wide. The main waterfall is 67 m (220 ft) high and 83.3 m (273 ft) wide.^[1]

[edit] The Water-Curtain Cave

The Water-Curtain Cave named "Shuiliandong" (水帘洞) in Chinese, it is a 134 m (440 ft) long naturally formed cave located in the back of the falls. It allows visitors to not only view, but hear and touch the waterfalls. Huangguoshu is the only waterfall that can be viewed from above, below, front, back, left and right in the world.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Gallery

Huangguoshu Waterfall, the largest waterfall in China.		See the Huangguoshu Waterfall fron the Water-Curtain Cave.	Nearby Yinlianzhuitan Waterfull (銀鏈墜潭瀑布).
Nearby Xiniutan Waterfull (犀牛潭瀑布).