Jinbar Waterfall

The Simien Mountains are among the loftiest peaks in Africa, much of the plateau averaging over 10,000 feet above sea level. The extreme elevation ensures substantial rainfall during the wet season and the precipitous terrain thus translates to many large waterfalls, the Jinbar Waterfall perhaps being the most significant. Though the drainage isn't huge, the falls more than make up for it in splendor, plunging at least 1600 feet into a canyon known as the Geech Abyss in a single wispy fall. The volume of the watercourse will vary substantially from season to season, but during the wet months, the falls can produce an immense amount of water. Because the terrain around the Jinbar Waterfall is so extreme, establishing an accurate height of the falls has been difficult. We have seen information that suggests the falls may be as much as 2600 feet tall or as little as 900 feet tall. While both of these extremes are unlikely, the landscape of the Simien Mountains is heavily basaltic and difficult to erode, so if anything our estimated height of 1600 feet is probably conservative.