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"The Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls National Park contains
one of the world's most spectacular waterfalls. The falls and associated gorges
are an outstanding example of river capture and the erosive forces of the water
still continues to sculpture the hard basalts. The complex of conservation
areas in Zimbabwe covers over 1,846,700 ha excluding forest reserves. The park
abuts Dambwa Forest Reserve in Zambia. The falls are the most significant
feature of the park, and when the Zambezi is in full flood (usually February or
March) they form the largest curtain of falling water in the world. During
these months, over 500 million litres of water per minute go over the falls,
which are 1,708 m wide, and drop 99 m at Rainbow Falls in Zambia. At low water
in November flow can be reduced to around 10 million litres per minute, and the
river is divided into a series of braided channels that descend in many
separate falls." In: UNESCO
