Original title: Victoria Falls, one of the three waterfalls in the world, is almost dry
Victoria Falls, one of the world's three largest waterfalls, saw its average water flow fall by half in 2019 and its water level fell to its lowest level in 25 years, the Guardian reported. The worst drought in a century has slowed Victoria Falls to a trickle.
Victoria Falls, located on the Zambezi River in southern Africa and on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is a great natural wonder on earth, according to the sun and the guardian. It's twice the size of the Niagara River, and it's deafening when huge currents rush into 355 feet of the canyon.
However, such a turbulent scene has changed. The average water flow of Victoria Falls in 2019 has dropped by half, leaving only a small stream and even a puddle at the bottom.
According to local tourism market staff, the waterfall has almost dried up. Although the annual dry season causes the waterfall to dry up, this year's dry season started in June, which can be said to be the longest dry season in the history of Victoria Falls.
According to the Zambezi River Authority, today's waterfall flow is at its lowest level since 1995, well below the long-term average. "Climate change has a significant impact on our environment," said Edgar Lungu, President of Zambia.
'in the past year, when the weather was dry, it wasn't there,' said Dominic nyabe, a 30-year-old tourist handicrafts seller, outside a store in Livingstone, Zambia. 'this is the first time we've seen such an experience. It affects us because customers can see on the Internet that we don't have as many tourists. '
Moreover, due to the drought, animals in Zambia's National Wildlife Protection Park have been migrating to places where there may be water, including the giant elephant, and there have been many incidents of wounding during the migration.
At present, world leaders are gathering in Madrid, Spain, to participate in the 25th conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change (cop25) to discuss how to curb catastrophic warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
At the same time, southern Africa has suffered from several of the adverse effects of warming, such as the depletion of water supplies and the fact that about 45 million people need food aid at a time of crop failure.