Rhein Falls Switzerland

is one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe, with a height of 23 meters and a width of 150 meters . It is located in Switzerland , within the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the canton of Schaffhausen (right bank) and Laufen-Uhwiesen in the canton of Zurich (left bank), approximately four kilometers southwest of the city of Schaffhausen .

Around 120,000  years ago, the river was diverted south near Schaffhausen, forming the Riss-era Rhine channel. The Rhine's course below the waterfall basin today corresponds to this channel, which has since been filled with gravel.

The Rhine Falls are 23 meters high and 150 meters wide. The plunge pool at the base of the falls is 13 meters deep. At average Rhine flow, 373 cubic meters of water per second cascade over the rocks (average summer flow: approximately 600  m³/s).