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Victoria Falls (Lozi: Mosi-oa-Tunya, "Thundering Smoke"; Tonga: Shungu Namutitima, "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2] It is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a width of 1,708 m (5,604 ft).
Virginia Falls (Slave: Nailicho [1]) is a waterfall in Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the South Nahanni River , at an elevation of 500 m (1,600 ft). [ 2 ] It is located 120 km (75 mi) from the Yukon border.
Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River, is a spectacular example of this. The gorges visible by satellite imagery illustrate the erosional processes behind the formation of the falls. Here, much of the surface rock is a massive basalt sill , with large cracks filled with easily weathered sandstone made visible by the Zambezi's course across the land.
A first trip to Canada, if you live in the Pacific Northwest, often consists of a weekend fling to one of British Columbia’s border cities. In Victoria: high tea at the Empress hotel and a quick ...
The Inga falls, whose status as a true waterfall is controversial, are currently incorporated into the Inga I and Inga II hydroelectric facilities. The volume of the river diverted is approximately 30% of the average discharge. The Grand Inga Dam, potentially the world's largest by generating capacity, is also proposed to be built on the falls. [1]
From here to Lake of the Woods the voyageurs' route went northwest across the 9 mile (14 km) long Grand Portage to avoid the falls and canyon of the Pigeon River, thence along the present international border west up the 50 miles (80 km) long Pigeon River and Arrow River to South Lake, and then across the 400 metres (1,300 ft) Height of Land ...
The Victoria River is a tributary of the Exploits River in western Newfoundland, Canada. The Victoria River flows eastward from the Long Range Mountains into Beothuk Lake, which discharges into the Exploits River. It is 137 km in length.
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