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- The Salto del Nervi\u00f3n<\/a> is the highest single-drop waterfall in all of Spain. Falling 222 meters, or about 730 feet, this waterfall lies near the border between Araba and Burgos. The Mirador del Salto del Nervi\u00f3n, a view point to see the waterfall, is about 1.5 hours from Bilbao, and the closest city is Amurrio<\/a>. The ruins of a monastery lie nearby. The waterfall sits where the Delika River is cut by the Delika Canyon. Fed by seasonal streams, water only falls a couple of months a year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Gujuli (or Goiuri) waterfall<\/a> lies close by, also in the province of Araba near the town of Urcabustaiz<\/a>. During the summer, there is little water flow, but during the rainy season, the Oiardo stream falls some 100 meters\/328 feet. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Tober\u00eda waterfalls<\/a> are also in the province of Araba, near the town of Andoin, on the slopes of the Sierra de Entzia. Rather than a high drop, the Tober\u00eda falls is characterized by a fluvial flow over rather porous rock, leading to a cascading set of streams that flow over the rocks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- In the heart of the Parque Natural de Gorbeia in Bizkaia, near the town of Orozko<\/a>, lies the Belaustegi waterfall<\/a>. Though not very tall – only 30 meters\/98 feet – this waterfall is situated in the middle of a beech forest, adding to the beauty of the area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The tallest waterfall in Gipuzkoa is Aitzondo<\/a>, in the natural park Pe\u00f1as de Aia, near the town of Oiartzun<\/a>, about 30 minutes from Donostia. This waterfall falls from a height of 140 meters\/459 feet. The area is also known for its mining history, with the Irugurutzeta Furnaces<\/a> nearby. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- One of the most popular sites in Nafarroa is the Natural Reserve of Nacedero del Urederra<\/a>. A series of waterfalls punctuated by pools of turquoise blue water, Urederra means beautiful water<\/em> in Basque. Because of the delicate ecosystem, only 500 visitors are permitted each day. The Reserve is close to the historic city of Estella-Lizarra<\/a>, so there is much to see.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- In Iparralde, you can find the Gargantas de Kakueta<\/a>. Situated in the Irati forest near the small town of Urdatx-Santa-Grazi<\/a> in Zuberoa, it falls into a gorge carved by the Uhaitza River. Nearby is La Verna cave<\/a>, a large underground room that was once considered for a hydroelectric project but which is now considered an exceptional geological site. It is the largest “show cave<\/a>” – a cave open to the public – in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Primary sources: Las 15 cascadas m\u00e1s espectaculares del Pa\u00eds Vasco<\/a><\/em>, Noradao; Ur-jauzi<\/a><\/em>, Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Waterfalls capture our imagination. Somehow, watching water crash hundreds of feet down the side of a cliff fills us with wonder. Indeed, last summer when we visited Costa Rica, waterfalls were one of the main attractions. The Basque County has its own share. I might have thought there would be even more grandiose waterfalls in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,8],"tags":[3644,3638,3642,3647,3639,3648,3646,3645,2830,3637,3641,3640,3649,3643],"class_list":["post-5979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basque-fact-of-the-week","category-euskadi","tag-aitzondo","tag-amurrio","tag-belaustegi","tag-gargantas-de-kakueta","tag-goiuri","tag-la-verna","tag-nacedero-del-urederra","tag-oiartzun","tag-orozko","tag-salto-del-nervion","tag-toberia","tag-urcabustaiz","tag-urdax-santa-grazi","tag-waterfall"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/waterfalls.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2sYNu-1yr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5979"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6176,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979\/revisions\/6176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- The Gujuli (or Goiuri) waterfall<\/a> lies close by, also in the province of Araba near the town of Urcabustaiz<\/a>. During the summer, there is little water flow, but during the rainy season, the Oiardo stream falls some 100 meters\/328 feet. <\/li>\n\n\n\n