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PRONUNCIATION OF MURCHISON FALLS

Murchison Falls  [ˈmɜːtʃɪsən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MURCHISON FALLS

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Murchison Falls is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MURCHISON FALLS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Murchison Falls

Murchison Falls

Murchison Falls, also known as Kabarega Falls, is a waterfall on the Nile. It breaks the Victoria Nile, which flows across northern Uganda from Lake Victoria to Lake Kyoga and then to the north end of Lake Albert in the western branch of the East African Rift. At the top of Murchison Falls, the Nile forces its way through a gap in the rocks, only 7 metres wide, and tumbles 43 metres, then flows westward into Lake Albert. The outlet of Lake Victoria sends around 300 cubic meters per second of water over the falls, squeezed into a gorge less than ten metres wide. Sir Samuel Baker named them after Sir Roderick Murchison, president of the Royal Geographical Society. The falls lend their name to the surrounding Murchison Falls National Park. During the regime of Idi Amin in the 1970s the name was changed to Kabarega Falls, after the Omukama Kabarega of Bunyoro, although this was never legally promulgated. The name reverted to Murchison Falls following the downfall of Idi Amin It is still sometimes referred to as Kabarega Falls. Ernest Hemingway crashed a plane just downriver from Murchison Falls in 1954 Murchison falls from above...

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Acheson
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Addison
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alison
ˈælɪsən
basin
ˈbeɪsən
bison
ˈbaɪsən
christen
ˈkrɪsən
comparison
kəmˈpærɪsən
Dyson
ˈdaɪsən
Edison
ˈɛdɪsən
garrison
ˈɡærɪsən
Harrison
ˈhærɪsən
Hutcheson
ˈhʌtʃɪsən
Jason
ˈdʒeɪsən
listen
ˈlɪsən
madison
ˈmædɪsən
mason
ˈmeɪsən
Morrison
ˈmɒrɪsən
Murchison
ˈmɜːtʃɪsən
Tyson
ˈtaɪsən
unison
ˈjuːnɪsən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MURCHISON FALLS

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Murat
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murder mystery
Murder Squad

WORDS THAT END LIKE MURCHISON FALLS

Angel Falls
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Boyoma Falls
by the balls
Churchill Falls
falls
Grand Falls
Kabalega Falls
Kaieteur Falls
Lower Yosemite Falls
Niagara Falls
overalls
Reversing Falls
Stanley Falls
Sutherland Falls
Upper Yosemite Falls
Victoria Falls
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Yellowstone Falls
Yosemite Falls

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Murchison Falls
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Murchison फॉल्स
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مورشيسون فولز
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Murchison Falls
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মাইকেলসন জলপ্রপাত
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Murchison Falls
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Murchison Falls
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マーチソン滝
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머치 슨 폭포
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Murchison Falls
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முர்ரிசன் நீர்வீழ்ச்சி
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मर्चिसन फॉल्स
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Murchison Falls
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Cascate Murchison
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Murchison Falls
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Murchison Falls
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Murchison Falls
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Murchison Falls
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Murchison Falls
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Murchison Falls

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MURCHISON FALLS»

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East Africa
Sir Samuel Baker named Murchison Falls in honour of a president of the Royal Geographical Society, and the park was subsequently named after the falls. The Victoria Nile River flows through the park on its way to Lake Albert. During the ...
Mary Fitzpatrick, Tim Bewer, Matthew Firestone, 2009
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Uganda
Ironically, in hindsight, the main conservation issue associated with Murchison Falls in the 19605 was overpopulation, particularly of elephant, and associated environmental destruction — indeed the authorities opted to cull some 3,500 ...
Philip Briggs, 2013
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Bibliography of the Rhinoceros
1910b. Translocation: Anon. 1965e (to Murchison Falls N.P.), 1968d (Murchison Falls N.P., fate of animals), 1973e (Murchison Falls N.P., births). Blower 1963 (to Murchison Falls N.P.). Buechner et al. 1960: 264 (proposed from West Nile dt.).
L.C. Rookmaaker, 1983
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Watching Wildlife East Africa
MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK UGANDA MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK The mighty Victoria Nile spears this park (Uganda's biggest park), squeezing through a 7m-wide rocky cleft and dropping 43m over the western edge of ...
‎2009
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
M8] BT Prosobranchia, Fossil Murchisson Falls (Malawi) USE Murchison Falls ( Malawi) Murciélagos Cave (Spain) UF Cueva de los Murciélagos (Spain) BT Caves_Spain Spain_Antiquities Murdäb-i Anzalî (Iran) USE Anzalî Lagoon (Iran)  ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009
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Africa Overland
If you are fortunate enough to find them, keeping up with them can be quite a challenge once they have decided to move away at high speed through the branches. Murchison Falls National Park Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's ...
Lizzie Williams, 2005
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International Studies on the Quaternary: Papers Prepared on ...
306 Area B: Murchison Falls region . 309 General statement . . 309 Sediments . . 309 Geomorphology . 313 Tectonics . 314. Conclusion . . . . 315 The Murchison Falls . 3r 7 Acknowledgments . 319 References cited . 320 FIGURE I. Locality ...
Herbert Edgar Wright, David Grover Frey, 1965
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African Ecology: Benchmarks and Historical Perspectives
(1975) in 1964 estimated a population of 10,142 in 88 km of river between Karuma Falls and Murchison Falls, and some 4,000 in the 32 km of river from Murchison Falls to the mouth, giving similar land grazing densities to QENP with 17.4/km2 ...
Clive Spinage, 2012
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Rangelands: A Resource Under Siege : Proceedings of the ...
Linn.i, and a wide variety of antelopes and carnivores. The three National Parks, Murchison Falls (3,860 kirf2i. Queen Elizabeth (l,978 km"2i and Kidepo Valley (l, 440 km"2l, held large mammalian concentrations. The Queen Elizabeth (formerly  ...
P. J. Joss, P. W. Lynch, O. B. Williams, 1986
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New Scientist
K. G. McCullagh from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Ohio, calculated from the fatty acid content of the blood lipids in two female elephants at Murchison Falls, that those animals obtained less than 5 per cent of their dietary calories from fat.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MURCHISON FALLS»

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Uganda's rising elephant population good news for tourism
Aerial surveys conducted in June 2014 by WCS and UWA staff estimated 1,330 elephants in Murchison Falls National Park, 2,913 in Queen ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
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Lake Mburo Game Park - a Tale of Uganda's Natural Endowments
The translocation exercise is also a drive towards attaining ecological balance in Murchison Falls National Park. By reducing on the giraffes in ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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How Giraffes Were Shifted From Murchison Falls to Lake Mburo …
There were four males (bulls) and 11 females (cows), which has left Murchison Falls with 885 giraffes. The Rothschild giraffe is also known as ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Ugandan national parks receive international recognition
Other parks named were Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park and Uganda's main alpine ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
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Trip Advisor gives Uganda parks thumbs up
The other national parks are Murchison Falls National Park in northern region, Kibale Forest National Park in western Uganda, Queen ... «East African Business Week, Jul 15»
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Uganda's tourism industry comes of age
... was operated by Uganda Hotels while all others of former fame like Paraa and Chobe in Murchison Falls National Park or Grand Katarum in ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
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American Actress Sophia Anna Bush departs Uganda feeling inspired
The beautiful actress also had the chance to go on a safari in Murchison Falls National Park located along the great Albertine Graben after ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
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Tourism to Shine
Elephants at Murchison Falls National Park. independent/Jimmy siyaIndustry stakeholders optimistic after massive budget boost. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Giraffes excite Kiruhura
So when they heard that the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) was translocating 15 giraffes from Murchison Falls National Park to Lake Mburo ... «New Vision, Jul 15»
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15 giraffes to be relocated to Lake Mburo
Fifteen giraffes will on June 30 hit the road from Murchison Falls National Park in northern Uganda to Lake Mburo in western Uganda. «New Vision, Jun 15»

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