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Name of Falls
Type of Falls
Province
River
Nearest town
Coördinates
Height of Falls M
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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List of waterfalls of Africa
Sovereign states
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
Canary Islands
/
Ceuta
/
Melilla
(Spain)
Madeira
(Portugal)
Mayotte
/
Réunion
(France)
Saint Helena
/
Ascension Island
/
Tristan da Cunha
(United Kingdom)
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