Waterfalls in Alaska

Alaska has 1,417 mapped waterfalls — 191.45 per 100,000 residents, ranking it #1 of 51 in the US.

national rank (per capita)

1,417

mapped waterfalls

191.45

per 100k residents

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Named waterfalls in Alaska include

Nugget Falls · Brooks Falls · Thunder Bird Falls · Rapid Falls · Tanalian Falls · Russian River Falls · Juneau Falls · Lower Reid Falls · Bear Mountain Waterfall · Jakolof Falls · Whiting Falls · Kvasnikoff Falls

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