Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is a waterfall in south central Africa in the Zambezi River between southeast 22x20px Zambia and northwest 22x20px 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]
Victoria Falls Media
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Victoria Falls seen from Zimbabwe in August, 2019.
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Panorama of the Victoria Falls
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First Gorge, from the Zambian side
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Victoria Falls National Park marker
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Satellite image showing the broad Zambezi falling into the narrow cleft and subsequent series of zigzagging gorges
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Victoria Falls' Second Gorge (with bridge) and Third Gorge (right). The peninsular cliffs are in Zambia, the outer cliffs in Zimbabwe. The cliffs are composed of Batoka Formation basalt flows. The breaks in slope with vegetation are brecciated amygdaloidal basalt zones separating six successive and massive lava flows with distinct vertical jointing.: Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist. 
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Two white rhinos at Mosi-oa-Tunya national park in May 2005. They are not indigenous, but were imported from South Africa.
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Victoria Falls from the air 1972
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Victoria Falls from the sky
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