Ban Gioc waterfall - Vietnam _ the largest waterfall in Southeast Asia
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Top AirVuz contributor I Dang Cine created this stunning drone video of one of the natural wonders of Southeast Asia: Vietnam's Bản Giốc Waterfall. With a drop of about 30 meters (around 100 ft.), the falls sit on the Quây Sơn River, on the country's northern border with the Chinese province of Guanxi. Bản Giốc functions as two sequenced waterfalls most of the year other than during the highest water flow months. Accessible only through a narrow gorge, the waterfall is located about 275 km (around 170 mi.) north of Hanoi.
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Ban Gioc Waterfall is the 4th largest waterfall in the world among waterfalls located on a border between countries (After Iguazu Falls between Brazil - Argentina, Victoria Falls is between Zambia - Zimbabwe; and Niagara Falls between Canada and the United States). ). However, according to Xinhua News Agency, Ban Gioc waterfall is the second largest transnational waterfall in the world. Ban Gioc Waterfall is the largest natural waterfall in Southeast Asia Ban Gioc Waterfall is located on the flow of the Que Son River. This river originates from China, flows towards the border of the two countries and then enters Vietnamese territory at Po Peo in Ngoc Khe commune, Trung Khanh district. From Ngoc Khe commune, the river flowed through Dinh Phong and Chi Vien communes, when it came to Dam Thuy commune, the river circled at the foot of Co Muong mountain, then through the fields of Dam Thuy, through the cornfield on Gioc village, returned. borderline and then split into many branches. The river bed there suddenly dropped to about 35 m, forming Ban Gioc waterfall. In the middle of the falls is the Vietnam-China border marker. This milestone was determined through a treaty on the border between the two countries in 1999, a milestone 53 built by France - Thanh. According to the 1999 treaty, the secondary part is completely Vietnamese and the main part is divided into two