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Victoria Falls ( Lozi: Mosi-oa-Tunya, "Thundering Smoke"; Tonga: Shungu Namutitima, "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and animals. It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe [2] and is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a ...
A bask of crocodiles may be seen in the river, and a nearby Crocodile Ranch offers a safer view of these dangerous animals. Tourism. Accommodations for tourists are provided in campsites in the Zambezi National Park and in the numerous resorts and hotels in and around the town of Victoria Falls which forms part of the western boundary of the park.
1,000 m 3 /s (35,000 cu ft/s) World height ranking. 860. Virginia Falls ( Slave: Nailicho [1]) is a waterfall in Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the South Nahanni River, at an elevation of 500 m (1,600 ft). [2] It is located 120 km (75 mi) from the Yukon border.
In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world's ninth-largest continental lake, containing about 2,424 km 3 (1.965 × 10 9 acre⋅ft) of water. [7] [10] Lake Victoria occupies a shallow depression in Africa. The lake has an average depth of 40 m (130 ft) and a maximum depth of 80–81 m (262–266 ft).
The Caprivi Strip, also known simply as Caprivi, is a geographic salient protruding from the northeastern corner of Namibia. It is bordered by Botswana to the south and Angola and Zambia to the north. Namibia, Botswana and Zambia meet at a single point at the eastern tip of the Strip, which also comes within 150 m (490 ft) of Zimbabwe thus ...
It's just a few minutes walk from the Victoria Falls Hotel to a trail with many exquisite (albeit extremely wet) vantage points from which to view the falls. Our visit, in mid-winter, was shortly after the end of the rainy season when the Zambezi is near its peak.
Victoria Falls Airport. / 18.09583°S 25.83889°E / -18.09583; 25.83889. Victoria Falls Airport ( IATA: VFA, ICAO: FVFA) is an international airport serving the Victoria Falls tourism industry, and is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of the town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe .
6.1 °C. 43 °F. 1,133.8 mm. 44.6 in. Bright (pronunciation: / ˈbraɪt /) is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia, 319 metres above sea level at the southeastern end of the Ovens Valley. At the 2021 census, Bright had a population of 2,620. [1] It is located in the Alpine Shire local government area.