Nyambwezi Falls are a

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...

located in the North-Western Province of

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...

. They are approximately high. Close to the lip of the falls, there is a rock shelter, which has

petroglyphs A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...

and other evidence of late Stone Age occupation.

References

Waterfalls of Zambia Rock art in Africa Archaeological sites in Zambia Geography of North-Western Province, Zambia Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa {{Africa-archaeology-stub