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Lying in Anshun county of Guizhou Province, it's formed by 18 waterfalls
of various sizes. The Huangguoshu Falls is the largest, measuring
74 meters tall and 81 meters wide. The waters flowing at a capacity
of 737 cubic meters per second, come from an area of 770 square
kilometers. The thunderous roars of the waterfall can be heard
within a distance of 5 kilometers. During the flood season, the
torrential waters cascade down some thousand feet from the cliff
tops to the Pool of Xiniu encircled on three sides by the mountains,
dashing against rocks with deafening noises and throwing up turbulent
waves which rise and tumble like thousands of galloping horses.
The misty water sprays shot up some hundred meters, sparkling
under the sunlight like myriad rainbows. In the dry season, the
Waterfall hangs over the precipitous cliffs, swinging like countless
silvery chains and plunging into the magic lake as though they
were silvery dragons. The most fascinating is the 12 meters high
water-screen cave gifted with 6 cave windows, 5 yards, 3 springs
and an inner waterfall. One can stroll about the cave, watching
through the windows the outside waterfall.
 
The three-tier Waterfall of Dripping-water
Pool with the greatest drop of water in elevation is located 7
kilometers west of the Huangguoshu Falls. Here two lofty and imposing
peaks stand facing each other. The River Valley of Baling looks
as if hanging upon the Guansuo Mountain in the west and dives
straight down from the entrance of the sky-piercing shuangfeng
gorge, cutting across the mountain ranges from west to east, resulting
in a multi-tiers waterfall with a total drop of water in elevation
of over 410 meters. The upper tier with mountainous waves is named
"Heaven-reaching Waterfall". The middle tier, 140 meters
tall, is called "Chongyuan Waterfall", while the lower
tier, 130 meters tall and often visible, has the name of "Waterfall
of Dripping-Water Pool".
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