The parameters of your backyard waterfall should meet your interests, satisfy, your wish and budget, and also to bring healthy surroundings for plants. Except these common purposes, you will need to add special parameter. It is view from inside of the house as well as an area around the backyard.   Detailed parameters are important for successful project, and does not matter who will build waterfall, experts or you. Also you should do the plan- a scale drawing sketched by you or professional. Make a property map with the plat, or legal map, which shows the exact outline and shape of your surroundings. It usually includes the house, the driveway, the walkway, the fences, the backyard and their measurements. Make copies of the legal map and use them to sketch variations. Use stakes and rope, or hose to outline the site of waterfall. Allow yourself to improvise at this point.   Use the following points to help you plan your parameters:   Size If your backyard is not too small, or too big, the area and waterfall should complement each other. Waterfall that is too small will look like just a fountain; too large waterfall will look like a mountain.   Shape Sketch the shape within it more...