Victoria Falls Area

Located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls is a waterfall of the Zambezi River. They are located in the Livingstone district of the Southern Province of Zambia and the Hwange district of the Mashonaland Western region of Zimbabwe.The falls have a width of approximately 1.7 km and 108 m high. They are considered an extraordinary spectacle due to the narrow and rare abyss into which the water falls. They are formed by the plummet in a single vertical from a peak sculpted by its waters along a basalt plateau.Above the falls is the Victoria Falls Bridge, an ancient arch of steel completed in 1905.David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, visited the waterfall in 1855 and named it after Queen Victoria, although it is known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders The waterfall is part of two national parks, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia and Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe, and is one of the largest tourist attractions in southern Africa. They were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1989, protecting an area of 8,780 hectares. Since 2010, they have been integrated into the Kavango-Zambezi Conservation Area.The plateau through which the Zambezi River flows experiences a rainy season from late November to early April; and a dry season the rest of the year. The annual flood takes place between February and May. The water spray from the waterfalls reaches 400 meters and even 800 meters depending on the season.  During the flood period it is not possible to see the foot of the waterfall nor part of the waterfall curtain, in addition the walks along the cliff turn out to be a constant shower due to the abundant vaporized water. Near the edge of the cliff, water vapor rises like an inverted rain, especially on the edge of Zambia.As the dry season enters, the peaks become wider and more numerous, from September to January More than half of the face of the falls can become dry and you can see the First Gorge for almost its entire length.The size of Victoria Falls is almost double that of Niagara Falls , and more than twice the size of the Horseshoe. They are only rivaled by the Iguazú Falls in Argentina and Brazil, and the Moconá Falls also on the border of Argentina and Brazil.