A coastal waterfall is a

waterfall A waterfall is a 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 severa ...

that plunges directly into the sea. Another common name for this feature is a tidefall.

Notable coastal waterfalls

Coastal waterfalls include: * Waterfall Bay Falls, Hong Kong * Bowen Falls,

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McWay Falls McWay Falls is an waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean. During high tide, it is a tidefall, a waterfa ...

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* Alamere Falls,

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Notable coastal waterfalls

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