wasandi - Above a height of 979 meters (3212 feet) with no barriers fall around 807 meters (2647 feet), the waterfall Salto de Angel become the highest in the world. This waterfall is located in the Rio Caroni, Canaima National Park, Venezuela.Although the first known early-20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known officially the world until discovered by American aviator, James Crawford Angel in flight looking for the gold mine site. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near a waterfall.
This waterfall called Angel Falls in memory of its discoverer, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indians called this waterfall as "Auyan-tepui. (Aiyan-tepui) which means"Mountain of the Devil.
Official altitude is determined by the National Geographic Society in 1949. Its phenomenal become its own resources for tourism in Venezuela, like a magnet that big powers to come suck the tourist desire.
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