The waterfall is the beginning of the Gave de Pau stream. It is fed by a melting snow and a small glacier, located in Spain. This water seeps underground until it appears at the upper rim of waterfall. The average annual flow in the waterfall is 3 m3/s. In summer, when the snowmelt is most intense, it can reach up to 200 m3/s.[1] In winter it sometimes freezes and stops flowing.
The waterfall has 2 - 3 steps; the height of the tallest drop is 281 m.
gavarnie, falls, french, grande, cascade, gavarnie, tiered, waterfall, france, with, overall, drop, metres, highest, waterfall, mainland, france, citation, needed, falls, situated, cirque, gavarnie, near, village, gavarnie, hautes, pyrénées, locationhautes, py. The Gavarnie Falls French Grande Cascade de Gavarnie is a tiered waterfall in France With its overall drop of 422 metres it is the highest waterfall in mainland France citation needed The falls are situated in the Cirque de Gavarnie near the village Gavarnie in the Hautes Pyrenees Gavarnie FallsGavarnie FallsLocationHautes Pyrenees France Coordinates42 41 36 N 0 00 16 W 42 69333 N 0 00444 W 42 69333 0 00444Elevation 2 200 mTotal height422 mNumber of drops2Longest drop281 mTotal width15 mWatercourseGave de Pau The waterfall is the beginning of the Gave de Pau stream It is fed by a melting snow and a small glacier located in Spain This water seeps underground until it appears at the upper rim of waterfall The average annual flow in the waterfall is 3 m3 s In summer when the snowmelt is most intense it can reach up to 200 m3 s 1 In winter it sometimes freezes and stops flowing The waterfall has 2 3 steps the height of the tallest drop is 281 m Cirque de Gavarnie with the waterfall to the left Centre of the cirque in summer Wider view of Cirque de GavarnieReferences edit Grande Cascade de Gavarnie Gavarnie Falls Wondermondo com External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grande Cascade de Gavarnie World Waterfall Database nbsp This Hautes Pyrenees geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gavarnie Falls amp oldid 1188382545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
