Gavarnie Falls

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| name = Gavarnie Falls

| photo = Gavarnie Falls.JPG

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| photo_caption = Gavarnie Falls

| map = France

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| coordinates = {{coord|42.69333|N|0.00444|W|type:waterbody_region:FR_scale:50000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| location = Hautes-Pyrénées (France)

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| elevation = ~ 2 200 m

| height = 422 m

| height_longest = 281 m

| number_drops = 2

| width = 15 m

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| watercourse = Gave de Pau

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The Gavarnie Falls (French: Grande Cascade de Gavarnie) is a tiered waterfall in France. With its overall drop of 422 metres, it is the highest waterfall in mainland France.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} The falls are situated in the Cirque de Gavarnie, near the village Gavarnie in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

The waterfall is the beginning of the Gave de Pau stream. It is fed by a melting snow and a small glacier, located in Spain. This water seeps underground until it appears at the upper rim of waterfall. The average annual flow in the waterfall is 3 m³/s. In summer, when the snowmelt is most intense, it can reach up to 200 m³/s.{{cite web|url=http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/E/France/MidiPyrenees/GavarnieFalls.htm|title=Grande Cascade de Gavarnie (Gavarnie Falls)|publisher=Wondermondo.com}} In winter it sometimes freezes and stops flowing.

The waterfall has 2 - 3 steps; the height of the tallest drop is 281 m.

Image:Cirque et cascade de Gavarnie.JPG|Cirque de Gavarnie, with the waterfall to the left

File:Gavarnie-Cirque.JPG|Centre of the cirque in summer

File:Cirque_de_Gavarnie,_Haute-Pyrénées,_France.jpg|Wider view of Cirque de Gavarnie