A Faith Fitzpatrick, research hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Wisconsin Water Science Center: It basically takes four things to make a waterfall. The first one is, of course, water. Second ...

Not every waterfall formed by chance or erosion. Some were designed intentionally to redirect water, manage landscapes, or solve practical problems. Over time, many of these engineered cascades ...

It basically takes four things to make a waterfall. The first one is, of course, water. Second, there needs to be a land surface that’s made out of different rock types or sediment. Third, that land ...

Blue Sky Science: How are waterfalls made? It basically takes four things to make a waterfall: water, a land surface that’s made out of different rock types or sediment, a vertical drop, and gravity.