List of waterfalls in South Africa
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This is a list of waterfalls in South Africa
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Name of Falls | Type of Falls | Province | River | Nearest town | Coördinates | Height of Falls M |
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Augrabies Falls | cataract | Northern Cape | Orange River | Augrabies (via Upington) | 28°34′S 20°18′E / 28.567°S 20.300°E / -28.567; 20.300 | 56 metres (184 ft) |
Bawa Falls | horsetail | Eastern Cape | Qolorha River | Butterworth | 103 metres (338 ft) | |
Berlin Falls | plunge | Mpumalanga | Lisbon River | Graskop | 24°50′S 30°50′E / 24.833°S 30.833°E / -24.833; 30.833 | 80 metres (260 ft) |
Bridal Veil Falls | plunge | Mpumalanga | Sabie River | Sabie | 25°5′S 30°46′E / 25.083°S 30.767°E / -25.083; 30.767 | 146 metres (479 ft) |
Doorn River Falls | Northern Cape | Doorn River | ||||
Elands River Falls | Mpumalanga | Elands River | between Waterval Boven and Waterval Onder | 25°38′6″S 30°20′47″E / 25.63500°S 30.34639°E / -25.63500; 30.34639 | 150 metres (490 ft) | |
Forest Falls | block | Mpumalanga | Sabie | 24°58′26″S 30°49′03″E / 24.97389°S 30.81750°E / -24.97389; 30.81750 | ||
Howick Falls | punchbowl | KwaZulu-Natal | Umgeni River | Howick | 95 metres (312 ft) | |
Horseshoe Falls | Mpumalanga | Sabie | 25°7′S 30°41′E / 25.117°S 30.683°E / -25.117; 30.683 | |||
Karkloof Falls | Plunge | KwaZulu-Natal | Karlkloof River | Howick | 105 metres (344 ft) | |
Lehrs Falls | KwaZulu-Natal | 107 metres (351 ft) | ||||
Lisbon Falls | plunge | Mpumalanga | Lisbon River | Graskop | 24°51′S 30°50′E / 24.850°S 30.833°E / -24.850; 30.833 | 92 metres (302 ft) |
Lone Creek Falls | Punchbowl | Mpumalanga | Sabie River | Sabie | 25°6′S 30°42′E / 25.100°S 30.700°E / -25.100; 30.700 | 68 metres (223 ft) |
Mac-Mac Falls | plunge | Mpumalanga | Mac-Mac River | Sabie Graskop | 25°0′S 30°48′E / 25.000°S 30.800°E / -25.000; 30.800 | 65 metres (213 ft) |
Madonna and Child Falls | horsetail | Eastern Cape | Thyume River | Hogsback | 32°35′S 26°58′E / 32.583°S 26.967°E / -32.583; 26.967 | 29 metres (95 ft) |
Magwa Falls | Eastern Cape | Lusikisiki | 31°26′S 29°38′E / 31.433°S 29.633°E / -31.433; 29.633 | 142 metres (466 ft) | ||
Montrose Falls | Mpumalanga | Crocodile River | Schoemanskloof | 12 metres (39 ft) | ||
Ncandu Falls | segmented | KwaZulu-Natal | Ncandu River | Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal | 27°50′56″S 29°50′38″E / 27.8490°S 29.8440°E / -27.8490; 29.8440 | |
Sabie Falls | Mpumalanga | Sabie River | Sabie | 25°5′S 30°46′E / 25.083°S 30.767°E / -25.083; 30.767 | 35 metres (115 ft) | |
The Thirty-nine Steps Falls | steps | Eastern Cape | Thyume River | Hogsback | 32°35′S 26°57′E / 32.583°S 26.950°E / -32.583; 26.950 | 22 metres (72 ft) |
Treur River Falls | Mpumalanga | Treur River | Graskop, near Bourkes Luck Potholes | 24°40′S 30°48′E / 24.667°S 30.800°E / -24.667; 30.800 | ||
Tugela Falls | tiered | KwaZulu-Natal | Thukela | in Royal Natal National Park | 28°45′S 28°53′E / 28.750°S 28.883°E / -28.750; 28.883 | 947 metres (3,107 ft) |
Tshihovhohovho Falls | Limpopo | |||||
Witpoortjie Falls | two-tiered | Gauteng | Crocodile River (West) | Roodepoort | 26°5′32″S 27°50′23″E / 26.09222°S 27.83972°E / -26.09222; 27.83972 | 70 metres (230 ft) |
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