PhotosLocation


kapachira+falls Latitude and Longitude:

15°54′02″S 34°45′03″E / 15.900584°S 34.750868°E / -15.900584; 34.750868 (Kapachira Falls)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kapachira Falls
Kapachira Falls including the Kapichira Hydroelectric Power Station
Location Malawi
Coordinates 15°54′02″S 34°45′03″E / 15.900584°S 34.750868°E / -15.900584; 34.750868 (Kapachira Falls)
Watercourse Shire River
The Murchison Cataracts, lantern slide about the missionary Robert Laws

Kapachira Falls are waterfalls in Malawi. [1] They lie on the lower Shire River near the town of Chikwawa and the Majete Wildlife Reserve. The Kapichira Hydroelectric Power Station was constructed above the falls to provide hydroelectricty.

During his 1859 Zambezi Expedition, David Livingstone named them the Murchison Cataracts after the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison. His river steamer Ma Robert could not pass them to get further up the Shire; several members of his team died from disease and are buried in the area.

References

  1. ^ "Among Mountain Valleys". Guide 2 Malawi. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.



kapachira+falls Latitude and Longitude:

15°54′02″S 34°45′03″E / 15.900584°S 34.750868°E / -15.900584; 34.750868 (Kapachira Falls)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kapachira Falls
Kapachira Falls including the Kapichira Hydroelectric Power Station
Location Malawi
Coordinates 15°54′02″S 34°45′03″E / 15.900584°S 34.750868°E / -15.900584; 34.750868 (Kapachira Falls)
Watercourse Shire River
The Murchison Cataracts, lantern slide about the missionary Robert Laws

Kapachira Falls are waterfalls in Malawi. [1] They lie on the lower Shire River near the town of Chikwawa and the Majete Wildlife Reserve. The Kapichira Hydroelectric Power Station was constructed above the falls to provide hydroelectricty.

During his 1859 Zambezi Expedition, David Livingstone named them the Murchison Cataracts after the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison. His river steamer Ma Robert could not pass them to get further up the Shire; several members of his team died from disease and are buried in the area.

References

  1. ^ "Among Mountain Valleys". Guide 2 Malawi. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.



Videos

Youtube | Vimeo | Bing

Websites

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Encyclopedia

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Facebook