Olo'upena Falls, United States:
The fourth-highest waterfall 
in the world, Olo'upena Falls, is located in the united states, but you'd have to go out of your way to visit it -- it's located on the remote Hawaiian island of Molokai, known and celebrated as the "most Hawaiian island" because of its history of relative isolation.
Many people have never seen or heard of the Olo'upena Falls, and most waterfall enthusiasts who have gathered information about the falls have only done so through aerial photographs. Surrounded by huge mountains on either side, the waterfall doesn't have much water running through it -- its volume is extremely thin compared to the other falls on this list -- but it makes up for a lack of water with its massive height. At 2,953 feet (900 meters), the falls stand high above most other waterfalls in the United States; the closest ones are Pu'uka'oku Falls (2,756 feet/840 meters) and Waihilau Falls (2,600 feet/792 meters), both of which are also located in Hawaii.Olo'upena Falls is tiered and would most likely be classified as a ribbon waterfall because of its extremely thin appearance.
in the world, Olo'upena Falls, is located in the united states, but you'd have to go out of your way to visit it -- it's located on the remote Hawaiian island of Molokai, known and celebrated as the "most Hawaiian island" because of its history of relative isolation.Many people have never seen or heard of the Olo'upena Falls, and most waterfall enthusiasts who have gathered information about the falls have only done so through aerial photographs. Surrounded by huge mountains on either side, the waterfall doesn't have much water running through it -- its volume is extremely thin compared to the other falls on this list -- but it makes up for a lack of water with its massive height. At 2,953 feet (900 meters), the falls stand high above most other waterfalls in the United States; the closest ones are Pu'uka'oku Falls (2,756 feet/840 meters) and Waihilau Falls (2,600 feet/792 meters), both of which are also located in Hawaii.Olo'upena Falls is tiered and would most likely be classified as a ribbon waterfall because of its extremely thin appearance.
Three Sisters Falls, Peru:
Peru gets another spot on the list with the Three Sisters Falls (Cataratas las Tres Hermanas) in the country's Ayacucho region. This one is just as remote as the previous Olo'upena Falls -- its existence only really came to light while photographs for another tall Peruvian waterfall, Catarata Parijaro (877 feet/267 meters), were being taken.The waterfall is called the Three Sisters because of its three separate tiers. Two of the top tiers are visible from the air, and the water drops into a large basin of sorts where a third plunge emerges. The falls are nearly completely surrounded by forests, and trees around the Three Sisters Falls reach as high as 100 feet. The falls' height reaches about 3,000 feet (914 meters). For comparison, speculators believe the world's tallest free-standing structure, the Burj Dubai, will reach only 2,275 feet (693 meters) after it's finished in late 2008.
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