Browne Falls, Waterfall in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Browne Falls drops from Lake Browne, a tarn 836 m above sea level, into Doubtful Sound near Hall Arm. The stream falls in six steps, the largest 244 m high, down a slope with a horizontal projection of about 1,000 m, giving a mean gradient of 42 degrees. The falls are 12 m wide and discharge about 3 cubic metres per second, up to 14 in flood.

The source lake was discovered during aerial reconnaissance flights over Fiordland in the 1940s by a photographer exploring the region from above. This finding helped map out previously unknown features of the landscape.

The falls are named after Victor Carlyle Browne, the aerial photographer who spotted Lake Browne and the waterfall during a flight over Fiordland in the 1940s. The surrounding watershed holds stands of southern beech with understory ferns and shrubs, including crown fern on the forest floor.

The best way to view this waterfall is aboard a boat tour through Doubtful Sound, which runs year-round from Deep Cove. Most visitors can see it clearly from the boat as it moves through the fiord.

The stream drops 836 m over a horizontal distance of 1,130 m, a mean gradient of 42 degrees; the largest single step is 244 m. The falls are 12 m wide and discharge about 3 m³ per second, rising to 14 m³/s when Lake Browne is full.