Landforms

Victoria Falls

Also Known As Mosi-oa-Tunya (Lozi, the smoke that thunders) · Shungu Namutitima (Tonga, boiling water)

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Victoria Falls." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/landforms/victoria-falls.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Victoria Falls. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/landforms/victoria-falls

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-victoria-falls,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Victoria Falls},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/landforms/victoria-falls},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders.

Facts

Length (km)

1.708 1

This value is the waterfall's width in kilometers (1,708 meters), reusing the length-km field; it is not an along-course length.

Maximum Depth (m)

108 1

This value is the waterfall's height of drop, reusing the depth-m field for a vertical fall measurement rather than a body of water's depth.

Latitude

17.92444 degrees south 1

Longitude

25.85667 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections