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Angel Falls Museum
Visit the Curator
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Fun
Facts
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Welcome to the museum of Angel Falls
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Geography
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Fossils
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Angel Falls
Formation
Rocks types
Rock cycle
Processes
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Plate boundary
Plate
Movement
Interactions
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What’s so great
About this location?
Minerals
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Angel Falls is ranked in the top four most beautiful waterfalls in the
world.
It is said that when you are a kilometer away from the falls you can
feel water drops splashing on your head.
Angel Falls in named its name because the founders named Jimmy
Angel crashed his plane on the top of the waterfall.
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Geography, Age?
Angle Falls lies North East of the Guiana Highlands, Venezuela.
Angle Falls formed more than 130 million years ago.
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Fossils
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In Angle Falls there are many different types of fossils.
For example giant armadillos and all different species of birds and lizards.
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How was it formed?
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Angle Falls was formed rain Cumulated on the top of Duyantepui.
It created a path on the edge.
If it wasn’t formed this way there wouldn’t be a path of water going off the
side and actually creating the waterfall.
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Angel Falls Rock types
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There are many different kind of rocks on Angel Falls but these are the main
ones: Sedimentary, Sandstone, and Quartz.
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Plate Movement
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There is no plate movement.
I can prove this because if there was movement it would mess with the
formation of the whole waterfall.
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Plate boundary
Angel Falls is on a convergent boundary.
A convergent boundary is where tectonic plates come together and one
plate dives beneath the other along a Subduction zone to disappear into
the mantle.
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Effecting Rock Cycles
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There are two main processes that are still affecting Angel Falls today.
Those two main processes are Weathering and Erosion.
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Angel Falls is interacted with rapid erosion.
Erosion is the process of being eroded or eroded by wind, water, or other
natural agents.
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Minerals in the Falls
Two minerals that were found is Jasper and gold.
Jasper:
Gold:
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What makes it so unique?
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The reason Angel Falls is so geologically unique is it’s the largest
waterfall in the world.
Angel Falls is three times the size of Niagara Falls.
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