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Nanatsu Falls

Coordinates: 38°33′48″N 139°55′44″E / 38.56333°N 139.92889°E / 38.56333; 139.92889
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Nanatsu Falls
Nanatsu Falls is located in Japan
Nanatsu Falls
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LocationTsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Coordinates38°33′48″N 139°55′44″E / 38.56333°N 139.92889°E / 38.56333; 139.92889
TypeMulti-step Segmented
Total height90 m
Longest drop50 m

Nanatsu Falls (七ツ滝, Nanatsu-taki) is a waterfall located in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, on a branch of the Bonji River. It is one of "Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.

As the name of the falls implies, it splits into seven streams over a large 100-metre (330 ft) outcrop of dacite. The falls were formerly on the pilgrimage route to the sacred Three Mountains of Dewa.

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