Pat wrote:
The amount of noise depends on how far the water drops.

As well as whether it drops on standing or flowing water or rocks, and how
great the flow is, and how focused it is, and a half dozen other variables.
You can also have masculine and feminine sounds, and various tones, some
which travel further, and thus will sound comparatively louder further away.

Of all the variables, how far the water drops is probably one of the least
important factor in how loud it sounds.

--
Warren H.

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