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Reichenbach Falls

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waterfall in Switzerland that is famous for featuring in the fictitious life of Sherlock Holmes

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Schattenhalb Canton of Bern Switzerland
Coordinates
46°42′49″N 8°10′59″E / 46.71361°N 8.18306°E / 46.71361; 8.18306
Total height
250 m (820 ft)
Average flow rate
3–5 m /s (110–180 cu ft/s)

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The Grand Reichenbach Fall at night

Reichenbach Falls (German: Reichenbachfälle) is a waterfall in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, which drop a height of 250 metres (820 ft). In literature, the upper Great Reichenbach Fall is the location of the final altercation between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hero Sherlock Holmes and his greatest foe, Professor Moriarty, in "The Final Problem".

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