Pearl Shoal Waterfall
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Pearl Shoal Waterfall is a waterfall
located in Aba-Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
in western Sichuan
Province (China
).
Located in Jiuzhaigou, at an altitude of 2433 metres (7,982.3 ft), the top of the waterfall is 162.5 metres (533.1 ft) in width. It has a fall of 40 metres (131.2 ft).
Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...
located in Aba-Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, whose capital is Barkam town . It has an area of 83,201 km²....
in western Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
Province (China
China
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).
Located in Jiuzhaigou, at an altitude of 2433 metres (7,982.3 ft), the top of the waterfall is 162.5 metres (533.1 ft) in width. It has a fall of 40 metres (131.2 ft).