The world record of the ‘highest waterfall’ has been achieved by the ‘Angel Falls’ from Canaima National Park, Guiana Highlands, BolÃvar, Venezuela.
The falls sit on the Churú River; with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft). Angel Falls has also been called by indigenous name Kerepakupai Merú.
Other Great Waterfalls:
Tugela Falls with the height of 948 m is located in Drakensberg in the Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa.
Vinnufossen with the height of 860 m is located in village of Sunndalsøra in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
Sutherland Falls is located near Milford Sound in New Zealand’s South Island. The water plunges in three cascades; the upper is 229 meters (751 ft.) tall, the middle – 248 meters (813 ft.) and the lower – 103 meters (338 ft.), in a total vertical fall of 580 meters (1902 ft.).
Peru Gocta Cataracts with the height of 771 m is located in Amazonas, Peru.
Kaieteur Falls with the height of 741 feet/226 metres is located in Kaieteur National Park, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana.
Yosemite Falls with the height of 739 m metres is located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States.
Cuquenan Falls also known as Kukenam with the height of 670 metres is located in San Francisco de Yurani, Venezuela.
Sutherland Falls with the height of 581 metres is located in Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand.
Della Falls with the height of 440 metres is located in Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Krimml Falls with the height of 380 metres is located in High Tauern National Park, Krimmler Wasserfälle, Salzburg state Austria.
Dudhsagar Falls with the height of 310 metres is located on Goa-Karnataka state border, India. Dudhsagar means the Sea of Milk; it is one of the world’s most exquisite falls.
Trou de Fer Falls with the height of 210 metres is located in the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
Victoria Falls with the height of 108 metres (355 ft) is located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is known as the greatest curtain of falling water in the world.
Niagara Falls located on the Canadian-American border, measures a height of 50 m (165 ft).
The World Record of ‘most people applying henna art’ has been achieved by P.P. Savani Group headed by Mr. Maheshbhai Vallabhbhai Savani from Surat, Gujarat, India.
On Nov 28, 2014; Five Hundred Twenty One (521) women received henna arts in both the hands during a marriage ceremony.
The world record of creating ‘most powerful electric motorcycle’ has been achieved by The Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle from Rue du Gabian, Monaco.
The Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle, with 150 kW (200 hp) of power at full tilt, can pull the 350 kg (770 lb) bike from 0 to 160 km/h (0-100 mph) in 5.9 seconds, and has a top speed of 170 km/h (106 mph). Voxan estimates a fully-charged Wattman will have a practical range of 180 km (112 miles), based on the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) standard.
The World Record ‘largest vegetable fried rice party’ has been jointly achieved by Amar Ujala and Future Group of Institutions from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
On Oct 20, 2014; the largest vegetable fried rice party has been organized in various locations of Bareilly in which 8046 Kg. vegetable fried rice was cooked and approximately 50000 people eat this delicious vegetable fried rice.
Record was made during the event ‘Dewali Carniwal’ organized by Amar Ujala: A leading news paper of India.
Previous World Record:
The World Record ‘largest vegetable fried rice party’ was jointly achieved by Fiesta Roylate Charleston Hotel from Ghana. On Feb 12, 2011; in the largest vegetable fried rice party 603 kg vegetable fried rice was cooked. Over 39 chefs from various restaurants across the country took part in the preparation of the fried rice.
The world record ‘fastest two-way canopy formation’ has been achieved by the team from USA.
The three-member team of Chris Gay, Brian Pangburn and Yiliya Pangburn set a record of 45 points in time in the Canopy Formation (CF) during Dubai International Parachuting Championship (DIPC) held at the Skydive Dubai.
In this record category; teams of three-of which two jumpers perform a mid-air formations in a working time of one minute while the third jumper has to do recording of the moves as videographer.
