Mutarazi Falls

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Mutarazi Falls
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Mutarazi Fall
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Mutarazi Falls
Location Mutasa District, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
Coordinates 18°29′02″S32°47′28″E / 18.4840265°S 32.7912151°E / -18.4840265; 32.7912151
Total height772 meters
World height ranking17th

Mutarazi Falls is a waterfall in Mutasa District in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. [1] [2] [3] It is located in the 2,495 hectare Mutarazi National Park adjacent to the southern border of the Nyanga National Park. [2]

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The water falls into Honde Valley in two tiers, at a point where the Mtarazi river flows over the edge of the eastern escarpment of Zimbabwe's highlands.

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References

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