Wallaman Falls

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Wallaman Falls
Wallaman Falls in Girringun National Park
Location	North Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	18°35′32″S145°48′05″ECoordinates: 18°35′32″S 145°48′05″E[1][2]
Type	Cascade, horsetail
Elevation	533–554 m (1,749–1,818 ft)[3][4]
Total height	305 m (1,001 ft)[5]
Number of drops	2
Longest drop	268 m (879 ft)[3][5][6]
Total width	15 m (49 ft)[3]
Average width	15 m (49 ft)[3]
Watercourse	Stony Creek
Average flow rate	3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)[3]
World height ranking	294[5]

The Wallaman Falls, a cascade and horsetail waterfall on the Stony Creek, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Wet Tropics in the northern region of Queensland, Australia. The waterfall is notable for its main drop of 268 metres (879 ft),^[3][6] which makes it the country's tallest single-drop waterfall.^[7] The pool at the bottom of the waterfall is 20 metres (66 ft) deep.^[8] An estimated 100,000 people visit the waterfall annually