Victoria Falls

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World Heritage Site tourist attraction waterfall

Victoria Falls is one of the world’s largest and most famous waterfalls, spanning the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe and renowned for its dramatic curtain of falling water and mist.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 7
Mosi-oa-Tunya 2
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
waterfall ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeansBy David Livingstone ⓘ
hasAverageFlowRate approximately 1088 cubic metres per second ⓘ
hasClimate subtropical ⓘ
hasFeature continuous curtain of falling water ⓘ
deep narrow gorge ⓘ
rainbow formation in spray ⓘ
rising mist visible from many kilometres away ⓘ
hasGeologicalSetting Zambezi Valley ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi River basalt plateau
hasHeight approximately 108 metres ⓘ
hasLowestFlowMonths October to November ⓘ
hasMaximumWidth approximately 1708 metres ⓘ
hasNumberOfMainSections five ⓘ
hasPeakFlowMonths February to May ⓘ
hasType curtain waterfall ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatusSince 1989 ⓘ
hasViewpoints Knife-Edge Bridge ⓘ
Victoria Falls Bridge ⓘ
isOneOf largest waterfalls in the world by combined width and height ⓘ
knownAs Victoria Falls ⓘ
surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya
localLanguageOfName Lozi ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Africa ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Zambezi River ⓘ
majorTourismActivity bungee jumping ⓘ
helicopter flights ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
white-water rafting ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
meaningOfLocalName The Smoke that Thunders ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Victoria ⓘ
namedBy David Livingstone ⓘ
nearCity Livingstone ⓘ
Victoria Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
partOf Zambezi River ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi River system
protectedBy Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park ⓘ
Mana Pools National Park ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Falls National Park
section Devil's Cataract ⓘ
Victoria Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Cataract

Horseshoe Falls ⓘ
Main Falls ⓘ
Rainbow Falls ⓘ
touristArrivalsPerYearApprox over one million ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 509 ⓘ
yearOfFirstRecordedEuropeanSighting 1855 ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
The Smoke that Thunders → alsoKnownAs → Victoria Falls ⓘ
The Smoke that Thunders → alsoKnownAs → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya
Main Falls → associatedWith → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya (The Smoke that Thunders)
Iguazu Falls → comparedTo → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Victoria Falls Bridge → connects → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Matabeleland North → contains → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Zambia → contains → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Zambezi Basin → containsWaterfall → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfalls
Kariba Gorge → downstreamFrom → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Main Falls → formsPartOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Gorge of Victoria Falls
Southern Africa → hasLandmark → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Bulawayo → hasMajorRailLinksTo → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Zimbabwe → hasWorldHeritageSite → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Victoria Falls → knownAs → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya
Matabeleland North → knownFor → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Matabeleland North → largestCity → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Knife-Edge Bridge → locatedNear → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Livingstone → locatedNear → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Victoria Falls Bridge → locatedNear → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Devil's Cataract → locatedNearCity → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Zambezi River → majorWaterfall → Victoria Falls ⓘ
David Livingstone → named → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park → namedAfter → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya (local name for Victoria Falls)
Horseshoe Falls → nearCity → Victoria Falls ⓘ
subject surface form: Horseshoe Falls (Victoria Falls)
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
The Smoke that Thunders → nearCity → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls → nearCity → Victoria Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Main Falls → nearbyCity → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Devil's Cataract → nearbyFeature → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main Falls (Victoria Falls)
Zambezi River → notableFor → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Knife-Edge Bridge → offersViewOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Devil's Cataract → partOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Devil's Cataract → partOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls UNESCO World Heritage Site
Horseshoe Falls → partOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
subject surface form: Horseshoe Falls (Victoria Falls)
Main Falls → partOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Main Falls → partOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rainbow Falls → partOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
Rainbow Falls → partOf → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls cataract system
Horseshoe Falls → partOfFeature → Victoria Falls ⓘ
subject surface form: Horseshoe Falls (Victoria Falls)
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls main cataract system
Zambezi River → passesNearCity → Victoria Falls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls → section → Victoria Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Cataract