The Smoke that Thunders

Victoria Falls is the English name for a mighty waterfall on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe which is 1.7 kilometres wide and 108 metres deep. The first European to see the falls was Scottish explorer Dr David Livingstone, on 16th November 1855.He named the falls in honour of Britain’s Queen Victoria.The falls produce a huge cloud of spray, which can be seen more than 100 km away.The spray and the tremendous noise of the water give the falls their local name,Mosi-oa tunya ‘The smoke that thunders’.