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Yosemite Falls

noun

  1. a series of falls in Yosemite National Park: upper falls, 1,436 feet (438 meters) high; middle falls, 626 feet (190 meters) high; lower falls, 320 feet (98 meters) high. Total height (including rapids), 2,526 feet (770 meters).



Yosemite Falls

/ jəʊˈsɛmɪtɪ /

plural noun

  1. a series of waterfalls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park, with a total drop of 770 m (2525 ft): includes the Upper Yosemite Falls, 436 m (1430 ft) high, and the Lower Yosemite Falls, 98 m (320 ft) high

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Once there, if you’re a newbie, head for Yosemite Falls, the great spigot of Yosemite Valley and North America’s tallest waterfall, a 2,425-foot medley of cascades down granite walls.

Muir described the Yosemite Falls’ roar as “fine, savage music,” and Hawkins spoke movingly of how the falls, especially in the upper stretch, maintained a voice, even a presence.

Go shout that from the top of Yosemite Falls.

Just left of Wapama Rock you see Wapama Falls, which comes down in stages like the taller Yosemite Falls, plummeting about 1,300 feet.

The largest waterfall at the park is Yosemite Falls, 2,425 feet above the valley floor.

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