Stanley Falls

American  

plural noun

1. seven cataracts of the Zaire (Congo) River, in the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the equator.

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Stanley Falls British  

plural noun

1. the former name of Boyoma Falls

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Stanley Falls

"Like an empty Huntley and Palmer biscuit tin" was his description of boats like the Roi des Belges, the double-decked stern-wheeler that he sailed up to Stanley Falls.

From Time Magazine Archive

Near Stanleyville the "Seven Cataracts of the Congo" or "Stanley Falls" halted the royal steamer, and King & Queen were obliged to motor around the Cataracts.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took the expedition three weeks to descend Stanley Falls, and more than a month, much of it spent carrying the boats, to get through and around Livingstone Falls.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Kanga’s tribe was the Wasongora-Meno on the right bank of the Lualaba, between Nyangwé and Stanley Falls, the mere mention of a tale from that region was sufficient to kindle my interest.

From My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

I did go there: there being the region of Stanley Falls which in '68 was the blankest of blank spaces on the earth's figured surface.

From Some Reminiscences by Conrad, Joseph