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In the feature article in your February 2019 issue, African Waterways Part 2, the author Andrew Middleton mentions that Victoria Falls is the world’s largest waterfall. But is this true? The following criteria may be used to determine this: width of the waterfall, height of the waterfall, and the volume, or flow, of water over the falls.

Victoria Falls can indeed claim to be the largest on the planet since it has a combined width of 1708 metres and a maximum height of 108 metres, resulting in the world’s largest sheet of falling water. However, if we consider height, the Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres – in a league of its own.

But some people claim that the Iguacu Falls, located