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

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

"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

They followed him down the Lualaba River as far as Stanley Falls and discovered what was to them a real human treasure-trove.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

By January 1877 the expedition reached the first cataract of what is now known as the Stanley Falls.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)