Angel Falls in Venezuela, at a height of 979 m, is the highest waterfall in the world.
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Angel Falls in Venezuela, at a height of 979 m, is the highest waterfall in the world. Ignoring air resistance, how much warmer is the water at the bottom of the falls, where the kinetic energy it acquired by falling has been dissipated as heat, than it was at the top?
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