Rhine Falls

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Rhine Falls is a spectacular and powerful waterfall in northern Switzerland, renowned as one of the largest waterfalls in Europe by volume.

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Rhine Falls canonical 13
Rheinfall 1
Rhine gorge at Rhine Falls 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf tourist attraction
waterfall
accessibleBy boat
car
train
averageFlowRate about 600 cubic metres per second
continent Europe
country Switzerland
downstreamFrom Schaffhausen
formationPeriod about 14,000 to 17,000 years ago
formedDuring last Ice Age
GermanName Rheinfall
linked to: Rhine Falls
hasIllumination night illumination in tourist season
hasInformationCenter visitor center at Laufen Castle
hasIsland rocky islet in the middle of the falls
hasRailwayStationNearby Neuhausen Rheinfall railway station
Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall railway station
hasViewingPlatforms yes
hasWalkways viewing walkways along the banks
height about 23 metres
knownFor being one of the largest waterfalls in Europe by volume
large water flow volume
languageOfName German
locatedIn northern Switzerland
locatedInCanton Canton of Schaffhausen
Canton of Zürich
locatedNear Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Schaffhausen
locatedOnRiver Rhine
nearBorderWith Germany
nearbyLandmark Laufen Castle
Wörth Castle
nearCity Schaffhausen
nearTown Neuhausen am Rheinfall
partOf High Rhine
region Swiss Plateau edge
safetyInfrastructure fenced viewing platforms
summerFlowRate up to about 700 cubic metres per second
supportsActivity boat tours
photography
sightseeing
tourismImportance major Swiss tourist attraction
touristBoatTrips yes
upstreamFrom Lake Constance
watercourseType cascade
width about 150 metres
winterFlowRate about 250 cubic metres per second

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High Rhine hasPart Rhine Falls
High Rhine hasLandmark Rhine Falls
Schaffhausen locatedNear Rhine Falls
canton of Schaffhausen contains Rhine Falls
Northern Switzerland containsLandmark Rhine Falls
subject linked to: northern Switzerland
CH-SH contains Rhine Falls
Munot (Schaffhausen) near Rhine Falls
Rhine Falls GermanName Rheinfall
linked to: Rhine Falls
Munot fortress near Rhine Falls
Neuhausen am Rheinfall encompasses Rhine Falls
Neuhausen am Rheinfall knownFor Rhine Falls
Neuhausen am Rheinfall hasPart Rhine Falls
Neuhausen am Rheinfall hasGeographicFeature Rhine gorge at Rhine Falls
linked to: Rhine Falls