{{Short description|Waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{ref improve|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox waterfall | name = Sentinel Falls | photo = Sentinel Rock and Falls 1936.jpg | photo_caption = | location = Yosemite Valley, Yosemite NP, CA, US | type = Tiered | height = {{convert|1920|ft|abbr=on}} | height_longest = {{convert|500|ft|abbr=on}} | number_drops = 6 | average_flow = | world_rank = 60 | coords = {{coord|37|43|40|N|119|35|48|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Sentinel Falls''' is a long series of cascades descending into Yosemite Valley, in the U.S. state of California, alongside Sentinel Rock<!-- , at {{coord|37|43|40|N|119|35|48|W|region:US}} -->. It is a tiered waterfall consisting of 6 major drops totaling {{convert|1920|ft}}, the longest single drop being {{convert|500|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=26|title=Sentinel Fall|publisher=World Waterfall Database|accessdate=2008-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105144325/http://world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=26|archive-date=2010-01-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It ranks on many lists as the twelfth-highest waterfall in the world,{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} although in truth it is roughly the sixtieth-tallest, as most weaker waterfalls do not make it into such lists. Despite its immense height it has a relatively low drainage and is usually dry by July.
==See also== * List of waterfalls * List of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{GNIS|253839}}
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Category:Waterfalls of Yosemite National Park Category:Waterfalls of Mariposa County, California Category:Tiered waterfalls
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