Reichenbach Falls
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Key facts
- Location
- 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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- waterfall
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Berne
- Image
- Schattenhalb Reichenbachfall 7-05-2024 10-56-28.jpg
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- Reichenbach Falls
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reichenbach Falls” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.