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Angel Falls Venezuela
The "Angel Falls" also "Kerepakupai Meru Vena en pemón", what says "the place where the water dives the deepest",
is the highest waterfall of the world. With the height of 980 meters (807 meters of the fall is uninterrupted),
generated from the Auyantepuy. Is located (at the coordinates are 5°58'03N 62°32'14?E) in the territory protected by
Canaima National Park in the State Bolívar, Venezuela.
This natural reservoir, established as National Park on June 12, 1962.
Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en 1994, and declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1994, extends over an
area of 30,000 square kilometers (an area similar to Belgium), has the borders with Guyana and Brazil, and its size
is considered one of the largest in the world. The name that is universally known, "Angel Falls", was released after
the American aviator Jimmy Angel, who in 1937 announced the existence of the fall.