Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls Quiz

There really isn't a standard way to order the many types of waterfalls on Earth.

Different waterfalls vary greatly in the way they look and act on the rocks around them.

Located in Venezuela, it plunges 3,212 feet on its descent.

Located in North Carolina, the 45-foot waterfall has a short, curving road behind it.

It's a prime example of a wide, powerful waterfall.

The Sacred Falls site is still considered off-limited because of its instability.

The water has so far to fall that frequently it dissipates into mist before it reaches the bottom.

They are the Bridal Veil Falls, American Falls and Horseshoe Falls.

Cataract waterfalls unleash huge volumes of water at great height, making them perilous (and also very loud).

Since the 1940s, much of the water is used for power, meaning the falls are typically dry.

A melting glacier gives life to this 2,626-foot waterfall in Norway.

It is the largest system of waterfalls in the world.

In total, the falls extend more than 1.7 miles.

It is the seventh-tallest waterfall on the planet.

There are lifts and staircases to help tourists witness these powerful water flows.

It is 1.5 times wider than Niagara Falls, making it the longest block waterfall anywhere.

The spray from impact at the bottom sometimes floats more than 1,600 feet into the air, giving the falls a mystical appearance.

It picks up speed, a fact that also accelerates erosion closer to the waterfall's edge.

The angled approach to the falls means that to tourists, the river seems to simply disappear into thin air.

The water plunges 215 feet into a gorgeous forest lake.

The remote waterfall, in Peru, is so high that sometimes clouds obscure the water.

The Kaieteur Falls in Guyana is 741 feet from the top to the area where it again hits the pool below; it is also four times taller than Niagara Falls.

The Denmark Strait cataract is the world's tallest underwater waterfall, created by the collision of warm and cold water; its volume may exceed Victoria Falls by a factor of 12.

That's right, it plunges nearly 2 full miles, an unseen but enormously powerful water feature.

The water is forcefully propelled through a series of narrow spaces, making the water spectacularly turbulent.

It has several segments that course down the sides of the rocks.

Plunge waterfalls basically free fall to the bottom without touching any rocks on the way down.

The constricted area accelerates the water and thrusts it away from the rock wall in a spectacular fashion.

It has three distinct cascades over its 1,904-foot-tall height.

In 2009, Tyler Brady plunged over Washington's Palouse Falls and somehow survived. You can see the video online.