Angel Falls Articles

At a height of 979 metres, Angel Falls is (1) ……. highest waterfall in the world.

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It is situated in (2) ……. Auyantepui Mountain in Venezuela.

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Because of its location deep in the Venezuelan rainforest, nobody in (3) ………. outside world knew about Angel Falls until 1935.

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However, (4) …….. local people called (5) …….. Pemones, knew about it for thousands of years before that.

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Its name in (6) ……….. Pemon language is ‘Kerepakupai Meru’, which means ‘waterfall of the deepest place’.

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In 1935, (7) ………. American pilot, Jimmie Angel, was flying his plane along (8) ………. Carrao River when he discovered the falls.

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He went back in 1937 and tried to land his plane on top of the falls, but (9) ……… wheels of the plane got stuck in the mud.

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Angel and three other passengers had to walk down from (10) ……… top of the falls on foot.

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It took them 11 days but (11) ……….. people all over the world learnt of (12) ………. waterfall.

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He became (13) ……….. legend and the falls were named after him.

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