Bridal Veil Falls, New ZealandI can’t be completely certain, but it wouldn’t surprise me
Bridal Veil Falls, New ZealandI can’t be completely certain, but it wouldn’t surprise me if “Bridal Veil Falls” is the most common English Language name for waterfalls around the world. North America has several, including part of Niagara Falls and several throughout the western US, even in Yosemite (See: http://tmblr.co/Zyv2Js1Kr-z7X and http://tmblr.co/Zyv2Js1Kr6Iu-). This is New Zealand’s Bridal Veil Falls, also known as the Waireinga falls on the Pakoka River. The falls are a cascade over 50 meters in height. They flow over a hard flow of basaltic igneous rocks that are difficult to erode, and hit a more easily eroded sandstone layer below. The flowing water cuts a notch backward on the hard basalt and erodes away at the sandstone below, creating the steep drop and the deep pool at the base.-JBBImage credit: http://pixabay.com/en/bridal-veil-fall-new-zealand-52450/ -- source link
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