"The move does not respect the laws of nature nor the visitors." Gravity Falls A video making the rounds on Douyin, China's version of TikTok, unmasks a hidden pipe feeding what's claimed to be the country's tallest uninterrupted waterfall — an engineering trick seemingly designed to put on a show for visitors. The clip, shared by a local hiker, shows a concrete-clad pipe pumping out copious amounts of water at the top of a tall cliff face.
Now that the cat's out of the bag, officials at the Yuntai tourism park are in damage control mode, as the BBC reports , conceding that they had made a "small enhancement" to keep the Yuntain Mountain Waterfall running during the dry season — a bizarre and arguably unethical fudging of what's meant to be a beautiful and entirely natural scene. "I didn't expect to meet everyone this way," the park later wrote in a post, writing on behalf of the waterfall, as translated by the BBC . "As a seasonal scenery I can't guarantee that I will be in my most beautiful form every time you come to see me.
" Pipe Dream The 1,030-foot waterfall is located in the Yuntai Mountain Geopark in China's central Henan province, where it's visited by millions of travelers each year. It's not the only waterfall to get a little encouragement during the dry season. As CNN reports , the Huangguoshu Waterfall in southwest China is being propped up by a dam, allowing it to continue its flow year-round.
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