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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 3,066 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) .
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| Area Total :
| 390,580 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 386,670 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 3,910 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly larger than Montana .
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| Coast Line :
| 0 km (landlocked) .
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| Railways Total :
| 3,077 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 18,338 km .
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| Waterways :
| on Lake Kariba, length small (2003) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Binga, Kariba .
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The Victoria Falls are one of the world's most spectacular waterfalls. The falls are situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, (17?55?1?S, 25?51?0?E) and are roughly a 1.6 km (1 mile) wide and 128 m (420 ft) high. They are considered a remarkable spectacle because of the peculiar narrow slot-like chasm into which the water falls, so one can view the falls face-on.
David Livingstone, the Scottish explorer, visited the falls in 1855 and named them after Queen Victoria, though they were known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, the "smoke that thunders". The falls are part of two national parks, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia and Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe, and are one of Southern Africa's major tourist draws. They are also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The earliest inhabitants of the area around Victoria Falls were Khoisan hunter-gatherers (bushmen). They were followed by, Tokaleya people, who called the falls Shongwe. Later, the Ndebele named them aManza Thunqayo, and the Makololo Mosi-oa-Tunya, meaning "The smoke that thunders".
The first European to see the falls was David Livingstone on 17 November 1855, during his 1852-1856 journey from the upper Zambezi to the mouth of the river. Livingstone reached the Falls from upriver and rowed across to a small island that now bears the name Livingstone Island. Livingstone had previously been impressed by the Ngonye Falls further upstream, but found the new falls much more impressive, and named them after Queen Victoria. He wrote of the falls "No one can imagine the beauty of the view from anything witnessed in England. It had never been seen before by European eyes; but scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight".
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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