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[[File:Kalambo Falls.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Kalambo Falls]]
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The '''Kalambo Falls''' on the [[Kalambo River]] is a 772ft (235m) single drop [[waterfall]] on the border of [[Zambia]] and [[Tanzania]] at the southeast end of [[Lake Tanganyika]].  The falls are some of the tallest uninterrupted falls in [[Africa]] (after South Africa's [[Tugela Falls]], Ethiopia's Jin Bahir Falls and others). Downstream of the falls, is the Kalambo Gorge which has a width of about 1 km and a depth of up to 300 m, running for about 5 km before opening out into the Lake Tanganyika [[rift valley]].
The '''Kalambo Falls''' on the [[Kalambo River]] is a 772ft (235m) single drop waterfall on the border of [[Zambia]] and [[Tanzania]] at the southeast end of [[Lake Tanganyika]].  The falls are some of the tallest uninterrupted falls in Africa (after South Africa's [[Tugela Falls]], Ethiopia's Jin Bahir Falls and others). Downstream of the falls, is the Kalambo Gorge which has a width of about 1 km and a depth of up to 300 m, running for about 5 km before opening out into the Lake Tanganyika rift valley.


The falls were first seen by non-natives in approximately 1913. Initially it was assumed that the height of falls exceeded 300 m, but measurements in the 1920s gave a more modest result, above 200 m. Later measurements, in 1956, gave a result of 221 m. After this several more measurements have been made, each with slightly different results. The width of the falls is 3.6 - 18 m.
The falls were first seen by non-natives in approximately 1913. Initially it was assumed that the height of falls exceeded 300 m, but measurements in the 1920s gave a more modest result, above 200 m. Later measurements, in 1956, gave a result of 221 m. After this several more measurements have been made, each with slightly different results. The width of the falls is 3.6 - 18 m.
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* [http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9044379 "Kalambo Falls." Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed online, 17 June 2006.]
* [http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9044379 "Kalambo Falls." Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed online, 17 June 2006.]


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