| Width of the Falls |
150 metres |
| Height of the Falls |
23 metres |
| Depth of the basin |
13 metres |
| Age of the Falls |
approx. 15'000 years |
| Capacity of flow in summer |
approx. 600'000 litres per second |
| Capacity of flow in winter |
approx. 250'000 litres per second |
| Lowest capacity of flow (1921) |
95'000 litres per second |
| Greatest capacity of flow (1965) |
1'250'000 litres per second |
Since 1983 Rhine Falls and its environment are in the state inventory for countryside and natural monuments of national importance.
State department for environment