A tour to the world’s largest waterfall is a thrilling experience that every traveler should add on his/her bucket list. Located on River Zambezi in the borders of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls is a natural wonder worth exploring. The falls’ extreme width of 1,708 meters (5,604ft) and the river height of 108 meters (354 ft) qualify Victoria falls as the world’s largest and strongest waterfall. The falls were first discovered in 1955 by David Livingston the explorer during his missionary works in Africa. The mighty falls are named Victoria after the Queen of England. Local people who live adjacent to the waterfall call it “Mosi – oa-Tunya” translated as the “smoke that thunders”. All communities and national parks in the nearby are called after Victoria Falls.
Just like other falls, Victoria Falls are formed as a result of water pressure. The mighty falls are formed when river Zambezi plummets in a single vertical drop into a transverse chasm 1,7 08 meters wide before it’s carved by the strong waters passed the fracture zone in the basalt plateau of over 80 meters extending for more other 108 meters. The strong waters of river Zambezi squeeze and pour through a 110 meters gorge flowing for a distance of roughly 150 meters before forming a zigzag series of gorges. Water then enters into a second gorge and sharply turn right falling into a deep pool also called the boiling pot. The waterfalls through different gorges at different intervals. The first gorge is where the river falls into forming victoria falls, the second gorge at 250meters is south of falls spanned by the falls bridge, the third gorge at 600 meters has the falls power station, fourth gorge at 1.15 kilometers, fifth gorge at 2.25 kilometers and Songwe Gorge at 5.3 kilometers. The last gorge is named after river Songwe which flows from northeast of Zambia.
About the formation of Victoria Falls
