Victoria Falls is 1,708
metres wide, making it the
largest curtain of water in
the world. It drops between
90m and 107m into the
Zambezi Gorge and an average
of 550,000 cubic metres of
water plummet over the edge
every minute.The first
European to discover the
Falls was back in November
1855, when the Scottish
explorer
Dr David Livingstone was on an expedition from the upper Zambezi. On November 17th he reached the Falls from upriver and rowed across to the small island, which now bears his name. Livingstone was obviously impressed with what he saw, as he named the Falls after Queen Victoria, his current reigning monarch.
Dr David Livingstone was on an expedition from the upper Zambezi. On November 17th he reached the Falls from upriver and rowed across to the small island, which now bears his name. Livingstone was obviously impressed with what he saw, as he named the Falls after Queen Victoria, his current reigning monarch.
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