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Victoria Falls
World's largest waterfall by combined width and height
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe/Zambia Zambia–Zimbabwe border 1855
🌿 Why It Matters
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1,708 m wide and 108 m tall — world's largest sheet of falling water
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Named by David Livingstone in 1855 after Queen Victoria
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UNESCO World Heritage Site; spray rises 400 m and is visible 50 km away
"Mosi-oa-Tunya" (the smoke that thunders) — the spray is heard 40 km away
Quick Facts
Category
🌿 Natural Wonders
Country
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe/Zambia
Location
Zambia–Zimbabwe border
Key Year
1855
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World's largest waterfall by combined width and height