Victoria Falls is considered to be the world\u2019s largest curtain of water. The locals call it \u2018Mosi-oa-Tunya\u2019, meaning \u2018smoke that thunders\u2019. This is an apt name since the falls looks like rising smoke when viewed from \u00a0air. \u00a0The falls are located on the Zambezi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are composed of 6 separate falls divided by islands on the Zambezi. The Scottish explorer David Livingstone was the first European to discover the falls. He first laid eyes on them on November 16, 1855. He named the falls after Queen Victoria. In his diary, Livingstone wrote, \u201c\u2026scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight.\u201d No one has since been able to describe the breathtaking beauty of the falls better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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