descanso (English) Origin & history From Spanish descanso (place of rest, as of a funeral procession) Noun descanso (pl. descansos) A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam. The highways of the U.S. of A. are littered with descansos, silent protests to the evil of automobiles.
The Tanzanian territory of Lake Victoria is located in the country's northwest region, where Compassion's ministry is primarily located in Mwanza and Shingaya-two of Tanzania's 30 regions. Many people in Mwanza, located along the shore of Lake Victoria, work in the fishing industry.Tanzania.ake Victoria is Africa's largest lake, and crosses the borders of Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.
For the town in Zimbabwe, see Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. For the waterfall in Scotland, see Victoria Falls, Wester Ross. Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya (Tokaleya Tonga: the Smoke that Thunders), is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.hile it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, it is classified as the largest, based on its width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft), resulting in the world's largest sheet of falling water.