Victoria Falls, Rainy Season Poster

"Victoria Falls, Rainy Season" by Catherine Sherman. In this view in January 2013 of Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side, water from the Zambezi River thunders over the basalt cliffs in the rainy season. Victoria Falls, one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, is located on the Zambezi River, the fourth largest river in Africa, which also defines the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is the only waterfall in the world with a length of more than a kilometer and a height of more than hundred meters. It is also considered to be the largest fall in the world. The noise of Victoria Falls can be heard from a distance of 40 kilometers, while the spray and mist from the falling water is rising to a height of over 400 meters and can be seen from a distance of 50 kilometers. In the indigenous Lozi language, the name of the the waterfall is Mosi-oa-Tunya “The smoke that thunders." While it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, Victoria Falls is classified as the largest, based on its combined width of 5,604 ft (1,708 meters) and height of 354 feet (108 meters), resulting in the world's largest sheet of falling water. Victoria Falls is roughly twice the height of North America's Niagara Falls and well over twice the width of its Horseshoe Falls. In height and width Victoria Falls is rivaled only by Argentina and Brazil's Iguazu Falls. Scottish missionary and famous explorer of Africa David Livingstone (1813-1873) named the falls after Queen Victoria. Victoria Falls is a World Heritage Site.