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Victoria Falls stretches more than 1.7 kilometers across

Victoria Falls stretches more than 1.7 kilometers across

Victoria Falls on the Zambezi between Zambia and Zimbabwe spans more than 1.7 kilometers — often called the largest curtain of falling water by width, even though taller single plunges exist elsewhere.

Spray rises as a permanent mist cloud; the local name Mosi-oa-Tunya means “the smoke that thunders.”

Width can outshine height. Here the wonder is a river that becomes a wall of sound and fog.

Shahzad Mahota Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

Victoria Falls stretches more than 1.7 kilometers across