Victoria Falls

The Falls: another angle

File:Victoria Falls aerial view September 2003.jpg

The Falls more or less dry up in the dry season

Victoria Falls is a waterfall in south central Africa in the Zambezi River between southeast File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia and northwest File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe. It is 108.3 m high and 1,703 m wide.

The falls were discovered by David Livingstone in November 1855, when he saw it on what is now known as Livingstone Island. He named it after Queen Victoria. The Chitonga name for the Falls is Mosi-oa-Tunya. That word means "the smoke that thunders". They call it that because the Falls are very misty.^[1]

The Falls more or less dry up in the dry season.^[2]

It is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.^[3]

Related pages[change]

Iguaçu Falls

References[change]

↑ "Victoria Falls". World Digital Library. 1890–1925. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
↑ BBC News
↑ "Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls". World Heritage Site Convention. Retrieved 2011-03-02.

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[WDL-1] "Victoria Falls". World Digital Library. 1890–1925. Retrieved 2013-06-01.

[2] BBC News

[3] "Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls". World Heritage Site Convention. Retrieved 2011-03-02.

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