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Castaño Overo, Cascada de
Rio Negro, Argentina

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This waterfall has been confirmed by the World Waterfall Database, has been mapped and its height has been approximated but exact measurements have not yet been confirmed.

Cerro Tronador is a lofty, ice-clad extinct volcano straddling the Argentine-Chile border. The volcano has been inactive since the Pleistocene and as a result has been heavily influence by glacial erosion. Extending below each of its eight glaciers are deeply carved valleys, into which the melt streams from the glaciers fall. The Castaño Overo Glacier produces the largest and most impressive waterfall on the mountain where the glacier's meltwater plunges between 1000 and 1200 feet over the valley's headwall in anywhere from six to twelve parallel streams of water. Because the glacier ends immediately above the cliff forming the waterfall, avalanches are commonly seen fluming down with the waterfall.

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Castaño Overo, Cascada de is the Unofficial name of this waterfall

Our thoughts

Cerro Tronador is rather well endowed with large waterfalls, but Cascada de Castaño Overo is so significant that visitors who only have time to see one part of the mountain should focus here. Its possible that outside of the massive cataracts on the Iguacu River, this is Argentina's best waterfall.

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Garganta del Diablo, Cascada de	1.28 mi / 2.05 km

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