cascading water

Tumbling liquid descent

Water falling in successive stages or tiers, like a cascade or waterfall.

The term describes water that drops from one level to another rather than flowing smoothly: The fountain featured cascading water over stone ledges.

Common in descriptions of waterfalls, decorative fountains, and natural rock formations where streams tumble downward.

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rapids · mist · splash · flow · downstream flow · spillway · cataract · thunder · plunge pool · turbulence · roar · gravity · brook · velocity · creek · babbling brook · babble · pool

Categories
Opposites
water movement/dynamics

cascading waterstill water

Water not flowing

stagnant water · still pond · standing water · stagnant pool · dead water

water form/state

cascading waterice

Water's solid form

glacier · frozen pond · permafrost

water behavior and form

cascading watergroundwater

Water in underground rock

Family

water, cascade

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G