The Kothapally waterfalls 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 ...

near the southeastern coast of

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at Gangaraju

Madugula Madugula is a village in Anakapalli district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It was also known as Vaddadi or Vaddadimadugula and was founded by the rulers of the Matsya dynasty. Later, it merged into the kingdom of Nandapur - Jeypore and ...

, near

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in the

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district of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. The falls were only recently discovered by a village boy, Vanthala Abbi. Although the falls lack any public infrastructure, they have become a tourist attraction in the

Visakhapatnam district Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district) is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Prad ...

Location

The Kothapally waterfalls are surrounded by Chintapalle Mandal to the south,

Mandal to the east, Venus Bayalu Mandal to the north and

Mandal to the east.

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* * * * *{{cite web, url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/, title=India Map, Map of India, website=Mapsofindia.com, accessdate=20 August 2017 Waterfalls of Andhra Pradesh