GEMET
General
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Thesaurus
waterfall
Definition

A perpendicular or steep descent of the water of a stream, as where it crosses an outcrop of resistant rock overhanging softer rock that has been eroded or flows over the edge of a plateau of cliffed coast.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/9170