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#Augrabies Falls Nov 2022 The Augrabies Falls is a waterfall on the #Orange #River the largest river in South #Africa. Since 1966 the #waterfall, set in a desolate and rugged milieu, is enclosed by the #Augrabies #Falls National Park. The falls are around 183 feet (56 m) in height. Some sources cite an approximate height of 480 feet; this is actually the height from the base of the canyon to the top of the walls, not that of the falls themselves. Size The Augrabies Falls have recorded 7,800 cubic metres (280,000 cu ft) of water every second in floods in 1988 (and 6,800 cubic metres (240,000 cu ft) in the floods of 2006). This is over three times the average high season flow rate of #Niagara Falls of 2,400 cubic metres (85,000 cu ft) per second, more than four times Niagara's annual average, and greater than Niagara's all-time record of 6,800 cubic metres (240,000 cu ft) per second. The gorge at the Augrabies Falls is 240 metres (800 ft) deep and 18 kilometres (10 mi) long, and is an impressive example of granite erosion Exploration The original #Khoikhoi residents named the waterfall "Ankoerebis place of great noise" — from which the Trek Boers, who settled here later on, derived the name, "Augrabies". The last leader of area's native residents was Klaas Pofadder who lived on an island upstream of the falls, now known as Klaas Island. The first westerner to see the falls was the renegade #Swedish mercenary Hendrik Jakob Wikar. He arrived at the falls in October 1778, after years long wanderings in the wilderness. When another traveler, George Thompson, was led to the falls by his Koranna guides in 1826, he named it after King George IV. Dangers Since 1966, more than 20 people have fallen to their death in the gorge, and five have been swept over the falls. A #Scandinavian tourist however survived a fall into the gorge in 1979, as did a man who was swept over the falls in October 1981. The original Khoikhoi residents named the waterfall "Ankoerebisand never found. Similarly, animals including cattle and hippopotamuses have been swept over the falls Info supplied by Wikipedia Thanks For Watching Subscribe & like for more content