Why are waterfalls so amazing?

Scientifically, there are claims that negative ions that are abundant in waterfalls somehow increase serotonin levels, which ultimately helps our mood. The mental health aspect comes from the relaxation-tendencies we'd tend to have from the simple act of watching the motion and sound of moving water.



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The Feel of Waterfalls Some say that because of the negative ions released by a waterfall, you can't help but feeling happy when you're near one. The “science” says that when the negative ions go into our bloodstream, it increases the production of serotonin, which is the happy chemical.

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Sound: Whether trickling or thundering, waterfalls are like music, with light flutes or pounding tympani bookending the score. Smell: That fresh, clean scent after a thunderstorm also happens around crashing water: negative ions are created. Our nostrils take in revitalizing air and earthy smells of the nearby forest.

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You can coin the word cataractophile [from Latin cataracta or Greek ?ata????t?? (katarráktis) waterfall + Latin -phila, Ancient Greek f???? loving, dear].

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The Science Behind Water and Relaxing Negative ions are molecules that cause the feeling of well-being and they are plentiful around waterfalls! Inhaling negative ions delivers them into our bloodstream where they cause biochemical reactions that increase serotonin levels.

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Recent research suggests that being near waterfalls can indeed have a calming effect on the mind and body (at least anecdotally), and may even help to reduce stress and improve mood.

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A waterfall is converting it's potential into kinetic energy and if we "take out" some of it's kinetic energy while the water is falling down and use it to move a turbine of a generator, we get electricity.

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Waterfall Captions for Instagram
  • “Lessons from a waterfall – Keep moving, and you will eventually get over it.”
  • “Just let go – and fall like a little waterfall.”
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  • “I need waves. ...
  • “A strong person and a waterfall always carve their own path.”
  • “I am like a waterfall, wild and free.”


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Its Sri Lanka with 382 waterfalls throughout the island. New ones are still being discovered which were previousely only known to locals or were hidden in the forests.

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