# Rhine Falls

- **Country:** Switzerland
- **Coordinates:** 47.677222, 8.615833
- **Type:** Segmented Block
- **Width:** 150 m
- **Height:** 23 m
- **Location:** On the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zurich, near the town of Schaffhausen, in northern Switzerland
- **Map Size:** 280
- **Elevation:** 364 m
- **Map Label:** Rhine Falls
- **Photo Width:** 280
- **Watercourse:** Rhine
- **Average Flow:** 250 m3/s during winter,600 m3/s during summer
- **Number Drops:** 1
- **Photo Caption:** Rhine Falls with Rheinfall Bridge and Laufen Castle

:Halte dein Herz, o Wanderer, fest in gewaltigen Händen! : Mir entstürzte vor Lust zitternd das meinige fast. :Rastlos donnernde Massen auf donnernde Massen geworfen, : Ohr und Auge, wohin retten sie sich im Tumult?

![Photo of Rhine Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/SBB_RABe_514_DTZ_Rheinfall.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)