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Victoria Falls
plural noun
- falls of the Zambezi River in southern Africa, between Zambia and Zimbabwe, near Livingstone. 420 feet (130 meters) high; more than 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) wide.
- former name of Iguassú Falls.
Victoria Falls
plural noun
- a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft) Local nameMosi-oa-Tunya
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This formation is identical with that observed formerly below the Victoria Falls.
From the south coast to the Zambesi in the neighbourhood of the Victoria Falls is 1200 miles.
The corner-stone to this imaginative piece of work is, without a doubt, the bridge over the Victoria Falls.
At last the engineer who built the Victoria Falls Bridge saw his work complete.
It is just twenty-five years ago that the old man came to my camp on the Zambesi, some forty-five miles above the Victoria Falls.
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