Victoria Falls spans 1,708 meters (5,604 ft) wide and drops 108 meters (354 ft) high, creating the largest continuous curtain of falling water on Eart
The indigenous Lozi and Kololo people named it for the thunderous roar and massive spray plume that rises hundreds of meters and can be seen from 30–5
The Zambezi, Africa’s fourth-longest river (about 2,700 km), flows over the falls roughly halfway along its course before continuing to the Indian Oce
Scottish explorer David Livingstone was the first European to see the falls on 16 November 1855 and named them after Queen Victoria.
it spans two national parks (Mosi-oa-Tunya in Zambia and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe) and is celebrated for its geological features, biodiversity, and
During the rainy season (February–May), up to 500 million liters of water plunge over the edge per minute—equivalent to hundreds of Olympic swimming p
Constant mist supports a lush riverine rainforest in the splash zone with high humidity, different from the surrounding drier savanna.
The mist produces frequent bright rainbows during the day; at full moon in high water, rare lunar rainbows (moonbows) can appear.
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