# Victoria Falls

- **Type:** Cataract waterfall
- **Embed:** yes
- **Height:** 355 ft
- **Alt Name:** Mosi-oa-TunyaShungu Namutitima
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- **Photo Width:** 240
- **Watercourse:** Zambezi River
- **Average Flow:** 1088 m3/s
- **Designation1:** WHS
- **Number Drops:** 1
- **Designation1 Date:** 1989 (13th session)
- **Designation1 Type:** Natural
- **Designation1 Number:** [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/509 509]
- **Designation1 Offname:** Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
- **Designation1 Criteria:** vii, viii
- **Designation1 Free1name:** Region
- **Designation1 Free1value:** List of World Heritage Sites in Africa

Two islands are situated on the crest of the falls: Boaruka Island (or Cataract Island) near the western bank, and Livingstone Island near the middle. At less than full flood, additional islets divide the curtain of water into separate parallel streams. The main streams are named, in order from Zimbabwe (west) to Zambia (east): the Devil's Cataract (called Leaping Water by some), the Main Falls, the Rainbow Falls (the highest) and the Eastern Cataract.

![Photo of Victoria Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Cataratas_Victoria%2C_Zambia-Zimbabue%2C_2018-07-27%2C_DD_04.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls,_Zambia (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)