Yosemite Falls
series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park, falling into Yosemite Valley: upper falls, 1,430 ft (436 m); middle falls, 626 ft (191 m); lower falls, 320 ft (98 m); total drop, with intermediate cascades, 2,565 ft (782 m)
Origin of Yosemite Falls
from Miwok (a Penutian language) jo??e?-HmetiH, literally , there are killers among them: uncertain or unknown; perhaps name of an Amerindian people