Victoria Falls
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Victoria Falls is a waterfall in south central Africa in the Zambezi River between southeast Zambia and northwest Zimbabwe. It is 108.3 m high and 1,703 m wide. The falls were discovered by David Livingstone in November 1855, where he viewed it on what is now known as Livingstone Island. He named it after Queen Victoria.
It is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[1]
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- ↑ "Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls". World Heritage Site Convention. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/509. Retrieved 2011-03-02.