Cataractagenitus

Article Information
Category:	Weather
Content source:	SKYbrary
Content control:	SKYbrary

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Tag(s)	Cloud Formations

Description

Cataractagenitus are clouds generated by the spray from large waterfalls.

Cataractagenitus Cloud over Victoria Falls. Source Wikicommons (Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland - 'Mosi-oa-Tunya’)

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