Rhine Falls

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Rhine Falls
German: Rheinfall
Rhine Falls with Rheinfall Bridge and Laufen Castle
Location	On the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich next to Schaffhausen, in northern Switzerland
Coordinates	47°40′40″N 8°36′54″E / 47.67778°N 8.61503°E / 47.67778; 8.61503
Type	Segmented Block
Elevation	364 m (1,194 ft)
Total height	23 metres (75 ft)[1]
Number of drops	1
Total width	150 metres (490 ft)[1]
Watercourse	Rhine
Average flow rate	250 m3/s (8,800 cu ft/s) during winter, 600 m3/s (21,000 cu ft/s) during summer [1]

The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall [ˈʁaɪnfal] ^ⓘ, a singular noun) is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the most powerful waterfall in Europe.^[2][3][1] 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 (490 ft) wide and 23 metres (75 ft) high. In the winter months, the average water flow is 250 m³/s (8,800 cu ft/s), while in the summer, the average water flow is 600 m³/s (21,000 cu ft/s). The highest flow ever measured was more than 1,250 cubic metres per second (44,000 cu ft/s) in 1999, and the lowest, 95 cubic metres per second (3,400 cu ft/s) in 1921.^[1]