Rhine Waterfall. Switzerland – Germany.
Rhine Falls. Switzerland, Germany 2009
The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the most powerful waterfall in Europe. The falls are located on the High Rhine on the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen (SH) and Zürich (ZH), between the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall (SH) and Laufen-Uhwiesen/Dachsen (ZH), next to the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland.
They are 150 metres wide and 23 metres high. In the winter months, the average water flow is 250 m3/s, while in the summer, the average water flow is 600 m3/s. The highest flow ever measured was more than 1,250 cubic metres per second in 1999, and the lowest was 95 cubic metres per second in 1921. The falls cannot be climbed by fish, except by eels that can worm their way up over the rocks.[citation needed
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