Waterfalls
Wales has many waterfalls, including some of the most striking in the United Kingdom. One such is the 240 ft (73.2 m) Pistyll Rhaeadr near the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and meaning "spring of the waterfall" in Welsh. It is formed as the Afon Disgynfa drops over a Silurian cliff and continues below as the Afon Rhaeadr. The falls are counted as one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and the site is designated as the 1000th Site of Special Scientific Interest by the Countryside Council for Wales, for its importance to Welsh geomorphology. The 19th century English author George Borrow remarked of the waterfall, "I never saw water falling so gracefully, so much like thin, beautiful threads, as here."
Other notable waterfalls include, in North Wales, Aber Falls (Welsh: Rhaeadr Fawr, "great waterfall") at Abergwyngregyn and the Rhaeadr Cynfal falls in Ffestiniog (including Rhaeadr y Cwm). In mid Wales, Pistyll Blaen-y-Cwm in the upper Tanat Valley and those at Devil's Bridge draw tourists. In the south are Sgwd Henrhyd near Coelbren, Melincourt Falls near Resolven and several in a small area known as Waterfall Country in the south of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
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