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