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The Thur waterfalls are two cascades located on the river Thur approximately ten minutes walking from the village square of
The Thur waterfalls are two cascades located on the river Thur approximately ten minutes walking from the village square of Unterwasser
Unterwasser () is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur (known as ''Säntisthur'' and ''Wildhausthur''). Formerly part of Wildhaus munici ...
in the canton of St. Gallen
The canton of St. Gallen or St Gall ( ; ; ; ) is a canton of Switzerland. Its capital is St. Gallen.
Located in northeastern Switzerland, the canton has an area of (5% of Switzerland) and a resident population close to half a million as of ...
, Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
, The water cascades down from steep rock faces, and on highest point drops from . The road along the waterfall
A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge
of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
s was developed in 1927 and includes three observation deck
An observation deck, observation platform, or viewing platform is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure, such as a skyscraper or observation tower. Observation decks are sometimes enclosed from we ...
s.
See also
*List of waterfalls
This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it is at least tall and has an existing Wikipedia article, or it is considered historically sig ...
*List of waterfalls in Switzerland
This is a sortable list of named waterfalls in Switzerland. Europe's largest waterfall, the Rhine Falls (), is located in Switzerland. Due to the country's mostly mountainous terrain (Alps, Jura), numerous creeks and rivers form waterfalls a ...
*Appenzell Alps
The Appenzell Alps () are a mountain range in Switzerland on the northern edge of the Alps. They extend into the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen and are bordered by the Glarus Alps to the west and the Rä ...
References
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