Augrabies Falls

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Augrabies Falls is a dramatic waterfall on the Orange River in South Africa, renowned for its powerful cascades through a rugged granite gorge.

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Augrabies Falls canonical 5
Augrabies Falls gorge 1
Augrabies Falls waterfall 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf tourist attraction
waterfall
alsoKnownAs Augrabies Falls
surface form: Augrabieswaterval
climate hot desert climate
country South Africa
countrySubdivision Kai !Garib Local Municipality
distanceFromUpington about 120 kilometres west
dropHeight about 56 metres
elevation about 548 metres above sea level
geologicalSetting granite gorge
hasActivity birdwatching
game viewing
hiking
hasFeature islands in river
narrow gorge
rocky cliffs
hasTouristFacility camping sites
chalets
rest camp
hasVegetation aloe species
quiver trees
hasViewingInfrastructure viewing platforms
walkways
hasWildlife giraffe
klipspringer
rock hyrax
springbok
hazard flash floods
locatedIn Northern Cape
locatedInEcoregion semi-arid region
locatedInProtectedArea Augrabies Falls National Park
managedBy South African National Parks
maximumRecordedFlowRate about 7800 cubic metres per second
nameLanguage Khoisan languages
surface form: Khoekhoe
nameMeaning place of great noise
nearestCity Upington
nearestTown Augrabies
notableFor deep canyon
powerful cascades
rugged scenery
partOf Augrabies Falls National Park
surface form: Augrabies Falls National Park tourist route

Orange River
surface form: Orange River system
protectedSince 1966
province Northern Cape
surface form: Northern Cape Province
region northwestern South Africa
river Orange River
tourismRegion Green Kalahari

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Augrabies Falls National Park hasFeature Augrabies Falls
Augrabies Falls National Park knownFor Augrabies Falls
this entity surface form: Augrabies Falls waterfall
Augrabies Falls National Park contains Augrabies Falls
this entity surface form: Augrabies Falls gorge
Augrabies gatewayTo Augrabies Falls
Augrabies near Augrabies Falls
Augrabies tourismAttractionNearby Augrabies Falls
Augrabies Falls alsoKnownAs Augrabies Falls
this entity surface form: Augrabieswaterval
Upington nearbyAttraction Augrabies Falls