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The Victoria Falls is located between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe in the southern regions of Africa. The fall which was locally named mosi-oa –tunya, translated as the smoke thunder, by natives who inhabits the area few miles from the fall.
Not much was known about the fall until the explorer Dr David Livingstone visited the site and renamed it Victoria Falls, the name which is widely being used today.
The fall is perhaps unarguably the world’s largest waterfall site. The average flow rate is 1088cm/s and stands at a height of 360ft above the ground. The rate of the flow tends to lower during the dry season, and highest during the raining season. These peak periods when the falls is at its highest is the period between the month of February and May, minimum flows are witnessed during the month November.
A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation or nickpoint.
Some waterfalls form in mountain environments where the erosive water force is high and stream courses may be subject to sudden and catastrophic change. In such cases, the waterfall may not be the end product of many years of water action over a region, but rather the result of relatively sudden geological processes such as landslides, faults or volcanic action.
Waterfalls may also be artificial, and they are sometimes created as garden and landscape ornaments. See below some of the most interesting waterfalls of the world.
1. Angel Fall, Venezuela, world’s biggest waterfall! 973 metres fall.
Understand
Angel Falls or Salto Ángel is the world’s highestwaterfall, dropping a total of 978m from the summit of the Auyan Tepuy, and with an 807m uninterrupted drop.
History
In 1937 pilot Jimmy Angel landed on the Auyan Tepuy in search of gold. Unfortunately his plane got stuck and he wasn’t able to take off. After 11 days he made it to Kamarata. His plane was later recovered and can be seen in front of the airport at Ciudad Bolivar.
