Victoria Falls

• Geography
• Special Education

LO:  I can identify facts about the Victoria Falls

Name as many of the 7 natural wonders of the world as you can.

Did you get them all?

The Grand Canyon        The Northern Lights

Guanabara Bay            Paricutin Volcano

          Mount Everest              The Great Barrier Reef

and        Victoria Falls

In this lesson we are going to find out about the Victoria Falls.

It is one of the world's largest waterfalls.

What is a continent?

1. A big country
2. An island
3. A large landmass, often with many countries
4. A holiday resort

How many continents are there?

1. 12
2. 5
3. 7
4. 20

Which continent is the Victoria Falls in?

1. Africa
2. Europe
3. Asia
4. South America

The Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the

 Zambezi River in Africa.

  
It is on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Use the following slide to help you to mark the Victoria Falls on your map of Africa.

The waterfall was named after the British monarch, Queen Victoria, by the explorer David Livingstone in 1855 but the local people still call it The Smoke That Thunders in their own Sotho language (Mosi-oa-Tunya).

The waterfall is 1,708m wide and some unique species of animals and plants are found there.

Its width of 1,708m and its height of 108m make it the world's largest sheet of falling water.

The plateau (an area of flat, high ground) of Victoria Falls, over which the Zambezi River flows, was formed during the Jurassic period, about 200 million years ago.

Which two countries is the Victoria Falls between?

1. England & Wales
2. France & Spain
3. Brazil & Paraguay
4. Zambia & Zimbabwe

Which British queen were the falls named after?

1. Queen Mary
2. Queen Victoria
3. Queen Elizabeth
4. Queen Anne