Waterfalls On Stamps

On March 26. 1993 Japan issued this Ibaraki Prefecture stamp (Scott #Z131) depicting Fukuroda Falls. Stamp was issued in both sheet and booklet format, as shown below. Fukuroda Falls has been called one of the three most picturesque waterfalls in the country.

From the japanvistor.com website, "The Fukuroda Falls rise to a height of 121 meters and are 73 meters wide. The water from the Taki River, which has its source just above the falls, descends in four tiers of cascades, giving the name 'yo-dono-taki' (four times falls)."

Shasui-no-taki waterfall on the Tanzawa River at Yamakita is shown on this Kanagawa Prefecture stamp (Sc. #Z125) of 1992. Stamp was issued in sheets and booklets (one or two straight edges).

From Wikipedia, "The Shasui Falls drops in three separate plunges with a total height of 90 meters...The famed monk Mongaku is said to have spent 100 days in meditation and austerities at this waterfall."

Great Britain
Forests of the United Kingdom
August 13, 2019
Set of six, one stamp depicts waterfalls in Glenariff Forest in Northern Ireland.

ITY emblem, Sun, village and waterfall, designed and engraved by French artist Jacques Combet (1920-1993), and issued by People's Republic of the Congo on July 5, 1967 to publicize the UN's International Tourism Year, Scott No. 165.

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Greece
Waterfalls
July 4, 1988
The River Edessaios Waterfalls are located in the heart of Edessa in northern Greece. They formed as River Edessaios branches off and flows over a large area.

El Salvador
Tourism
December 10, 2018
Los Tercios Waterfall is located near the town of Suchitoto. Water flows down a 9 meter high cliff made of large hexagonal basalt columns.

Gouina Falls, on the Sénégal River in the Kayes Region, called the "Niagara Falls of Mali," designed by F. Coumare, printed by photogravure, and issued by Mali on September 23, 1974 as one of a set of four stamps depicting landscapes, Scott No. 227, plus a photo of the falls.

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Colombia
Departments of Colombia - Huila
June 29, 2003
Bordones waterfall is located in the National Park of Puracé, near the town of Bordones. At 400 m it is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the country.

Latvia's 2001 Euopa stamp (Sc. #528) depicts the Venta waterfall near Kuldiga. This stamp was issued in a miniature sheet of 10, in a horizontal format of 2 rows of 5 stamps. The second row is upside down, so there are 5 vertical tete beech pairs per sheet.

From the latvia.travel website, "the width of the waterfall is around 100 - 110 meters, while the height is 1.8 - 2 meters...Each autumn and spring one can see an exciting phenomenon here, as the fish try to clear the rapids by jumping over it." This site is sometimes referred to as the "flying fish of Kuldiga."

Huka Falls is depicted on this stamp of private courier New Zealand Mail (NZM).

From Wikipedia, "The Huka Falls are a set of waterfalls on the Waikato River that drains Lake Taupo in New Zealand. The volume of water flowing through often approaches 220,000 liters per second. The flow rate is regulated by Mercury NZ Ltd. through the Taupo Control Gates asa part of their hydro system planning..."

French Polynesia
Landscape
February 26, 2001
Vaiharuru Cascade is located in the Papenoo Valley in the northern part of the island of Tahiti.

Samoa
Waterfalls
February 19, 2013
Fuipisia Waterfall is located in the Mount Savaii area on Upolu Island. The horsetail waterfall drops 56 meters into the Mulivaifagatola River.

Bolivia
Tourism - Santa Cruz Department
December 14, 2007
Arcoiris Waterfall is located in the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in eastern Bolivia. The 88 meter high waterfall flows off the cliffs of Caparú Plateau amid a pristine rainforest.

On May 12, 2019 the USA issued a sheet of 12 different "Wild and Scenic Rivers" domestic rate stamps. One of the stamps shows Steelhead Falls on the Deschutes River. The falls are named for the fish which used to be in the river.

From the traveloregon.com website, "Just a 45-minute drive north of Bend (Oregon), several miles south from where the Deschutes River cuts through the soaring escarpments of the Cove Palisades State Park and adjacent to the rolling prairies of the Crooked River National Grassland, you'll encounter one of Oregon's most photogenic cascades."

The 5.50 kr. value (Facit #1172) of Norway's April 23, 1993 set of two stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) features an unnamed waterfall in a spring landscape.