Rhine Falls, Schaffhausen / Switzerland
N 47° 40.681 E 008° 36.891
32T E 471091 N 5280586
The Rhine Falls is the largest plain waterfall in Europe
Waymark Code: WMQWB5
Location: Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Date Posted: 04/05/2016
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"The falls are located on the High Rhine between the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich. They are 150 m (450 ft) wide and 23 m (75 ft) high. In the winter months, the average water flow is 250 m³/s, while in the summer, the average water flow is 700 m³/s. The highest flow ever measured was 1,250 m³/s in 1965; and the lowest, 95 m³/s in 1921.
The falls cannot be climbed by fish, except by eels that are able to worm their way up over the rocks."