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Listeningvictoriafalls 1
Listeningvictoriafalls 1
a.Asia b.Europe c.Africa a.Zambia b.Zambezi c.Zimbawe a.VictoriaLivingstone b.Dr.DavidLivingstone c.QueenVictoria a.amovementoftheEarth b.ameteorite c.avolcano a.inwinter b.inJuneandJuly c.insummer
2.Whatsthenameoftheriver?
3.WhodiscoveredtheFalls?
4.WhatcausedtheriftthatformstheFalls?
5.WhenisthebesttimetoseetheFalls?
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VictoriaFallsisoneoftheSevenNaturalWondersoftheWorld.Itisthelargestwaterfallintheworld.It is1.7kmwideand108mhigh.VictoriaFallsislocatedontheborderbetweenZambiaand Zimbabwe.TheZambeziRiver,whichoriginatesinnorthernZambia,servesasthefall'swater source.VictoriaFallswasdiscoveredbytheScottishexplorerDr.DavidLivingstonein1855.Henamed thefallsafterqueenVictoria.ThelocalscalledthefallsMosioaTunyameaningsmokethatthunders. Longbeforeyouevenseethewaterfallsyoucanheartheroaringofthewater!Thefallswereformedbya deepriftintherockthatliesdirectlyacrossthepathoftheZimbeziRiver.Theriftwascausedby movementoftheearthabout150millionyearsago. ThemonthsofJuneandJulyareprobablythebesttimetoviewthefalls.Thewaterlevelsarestillhigh enoughtoshowcasethesplendorofthefalls,buttheamountofwaterislesscreatinglesssprayand morevisibilityofthefalls.
Adaptedfromsevennaturalwonders.org/
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