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Do you know what the world's 1. waterfall is? You may say that it is Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is really beautiful, but as for height, the most fantastic one in the world is Angel Falls. It is deep in the jungles（丛林）of Venezuela（委内瑞拉）and stands about 979 2. tall—about 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.
Few people 3. ever seen Angel Falls. It's very hard 4. there. If you go there on foot, you have to travel 5. weeks through thick jungles filled 6. wild animals and dangerous plants. If you go by plane from Caracas（加拉加斯）, a city on the northern coast, it will take about four hours.
One interesting thing about Angel Falls is how people found it. They named it after an American pilot. His name was Jimmy Angel. In 1937, his plane crashed（坠毁）near the top of the falls 7. he was searching for gold. 8. , Jimmy Angel and his passengers survived the crash.
Angel Falls drops nearly a kilometre from the table-top mountain. The water seems to be dropping straight out of the clouds. The 9. of the falls is very great. By the time the water reaches the ground, it has already 10. into fog. Many people consider Angel Falls to be nature's most wonderful creation.

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