the amount of Water in Zimbabwe and Zambia border, located in Victoria falls is alarmingly low. More than one hundred meters high waterfalls usually strong stentorian flow is suppressed drought as a result of in some places only a weak stream.

the amount of Water on the Zambezi river, whose water putouksissa power is at its lowest since 1995.

Zambian president Edgar Lungu to blame the fall of the dry climate change, but scientists are not unanimous on this point.

it’s hard to say this is because of climate change, because the dry season has always been, on the Zambezi river on researching specialized hydrologist Harald Kling Pöyrystä said.

Tourists walking along the path to a drought-ridden rain forest in Victoria falls, close to 3. December.Zinyange Auntony / AFPPaikalliset and tourists stumped

the Victoria falls are a major tourist attraction. Falls, close to work entrepreneurs are worried about drought effects on tourism.

– Has here been dry before, but I’ve never seen waterfalls in this condition, the souvenir sellers in the Dominic Nyambe said and added that he feared the tourists are solved when data falls dry the spread.

souvenir sellers in the David Samalambo said, I don’t remember ever having experienced one long-term dry season in the region.

Waterfalls considered to become the German tourist group was stumped.

– Water does not seem to be much. A few stone between comes in a small stream, Benjamin Konig wondered.

Source: Reuters

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