Rhine Falls

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Rhine Falls is a spectacular and powerful waterfall in northern Switzerland, renowned as one of the largest waterfalls in Europe by volume.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rhine Falls canonical 13
Rheinfall 1
Rhine gorge at Rhine Falls 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tourist attraction ⓘ
waterfall ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
car ⓘ
train ⓘ
averageFlowRate about 600 cubic metres per second ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
downstreamFrom Schaffhausen ⓘ
formationPeriod about 14,000 to 17,000 years ago ⓘ
formedDuring last Ice Age ⓘ
GermanName Rheinfall ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Falls
hasIllumination night illumination in tourist season ⓘ
hasInformationCenter visitor center at Laufen Castle ⓘ
hasIsland rocky islet in the middle of the falls ⓘ
hasRailwayStationNearby Neuhausen Rheinfall railway station ⓘ
Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall railway station ⓘ
hasViewingPlatforms yes ⓘ
hasWalkways viewing walkways along the banks ⓘ
height about 23 metres ⓘ
knownFor being one of the largest waterfalls in Europe by volume ⓘ
large water flow volume ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
locatedIn northern Switzerland ⓘ
locatedInCanton Canton of Schaffhausen ⓘ
Canton of Zürich ⓘ
locatedNear Neuhausen am Rheinfall ⓘ
Schaffhausen ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Rhine ⓘ
nearBorderWith Germany ⓘ
nearbyLandmark Laufen Castle ⓘ
Wörth Castle ⓘ
nearCity Schaffhausen ⓘ
nearTown Neuhausen am Rheinfall ⓘ
partOf High Rhine ⓘ
region Swiss Plateau edge ⓘ
safetyInfrastructure fenced viewing platforms ⓘ
summerFlowRate up to about 700 cubic metres per second ⓘ
supportsActivity boat tours ⓘ
photography ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
tourismImportance major Swiss tourist attraction ⓘ
touristBoatTrips yes ⓘ
upstreamFrom Lake Constance ⓘ
watercourseType cascade ⓘ
width about 150 metres ⓘ
winterFlowRate about 250 cubic metres per second ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Rhine → hasPart → Rhine Falls ⓘ
High Rhine → hasLandmark → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Schaffhausen → locatedNear → Rhine Falls ⓘ
canton of Schaffhausen → contains → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Northern Switzerland → containsLandmark → Rhine Falls ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Switzerland
CH-SH → contains → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Munot (Schaffhausen) → near → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Rhine Falls → GermanName → Rheinfall ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Falls
Munot fortress → near → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Neuhausen am Rheinfall → encompasses → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Neuhausen am Rheinfall → knownFor → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Neuhausen am Rheinfall → hasPart → Rhine Falls ⓘ
Neuhausen am Rheinfall → hasGeographicFeature → Rhine gorge at Rhine Falls ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Falls