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To the average person, a waterfall is a waterfall.  There's rocks and water. The water flows over the rocks, and it makes a soothing sound.  That sums it up, right?
 
You can really play with the way a waterfall sounds, and you can play with the way it looks.  The 2 main types of waterfalls have enough variations to keep someone like me well equipped when designing a natural looking waterfall.

Talk to me about it and you will see a whole new waterfall world.

There are 2 main types of waterfalls that we build, with a third being a hybrid of the 2.

There is the "boulder waterfall" and the "waterfall drop".  Each has it's positives, and our goal in creating a waterfall is to mix these waterfall types in the most natural way.

You have to consider what is more appropriate for your situation, and in our case what the client wants verses what we want.

One major example is that a boulder waterfall requires double to triple the water flow to give off a waterfall that is similar to a waterfall drop.  So if your waterfall is going to be in the distance let's say, then waterfall drops are easier to see from a distance.  

Or if you want a 50' stream that never gets above 2' in total elevation, then multiple boulder waterfalls are the way to go.

Each of the 2 main types of waterfalls can vary greatly in width and height. With that, the possibilities are endless.

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