Rhine Fall, Switzerland ~ 2007

  

Day trip to visit Rhine Fall

 

The Rhine Falls is the most powerfull waterfall in Europe.They are 150 metres (490 ft) wide and 23 metres (75 ft) high. In the winter months, the average water flow is 250 m³/s (8,800 cu ft/s), while in the summer, the average water flow is 600 m³/s (21,000 cu ft/s). The highest flow ever measured was 1,250 cubic metres per second (44,000 cu ft/s) in 1965; and the lowest, 95 cubic metres per second (3,400 cu ft/s) in 1921.

 

 

 

 

 

Schaffhausen is a town with historic roots in northern Switzerland.