KwaZulu-Natal
Uthukela District Municipality
Okhahlamba Local Municipality

Tugela Falls

Tugela Falls is a complex of seasonal waterfalls located in the of in Province, Republic of .
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in South Africa and the second tallest waterfall in the world
  • Also known as: “Thukela Falls”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sentinel and Mont-Aux-Sources.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a mountain in , forming one of the highest portions of the Drakensberg Range. It is mostly within , with parts in the and Free State provinces of . is situated 3 km southwest of Tugela Falls.

Tugela Falls

Latitude
-28.75227° or 28° 45′ 8″ south
Longitude
28.89462° or 28° 53′ 41″ east
Elevation
2,967 metres (9,734 feet)
Height
983 metres (3,225 feet)
Open location code
5G3C6VXV+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1174043787
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
947667
Wiki­data ID
Q223649
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Tugela Falls” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Tugelawaterval”
  • Arabic: “شلالات توجيلا”
  • Armenian: “Թուգելա ջրվեժ”
  • Asturian: “Saltu del Tugela”
  • Basque: “Tugela ur-jauziak”
  • Basque: “Tugelaren jauzia”
  • Belarusian: “Вадаспад Тугела”
  • Belarusian: “Тугела”
  • Bhojpuri: “टुगेला झरना”
  • Bhojpuri: “तुगेला झरना”
  • Bulgarian: “Тугела”
  • Catalan: “Cascades Tugela”
  • Cebuano: “Tugela Falls (busay sa Habagatang Aprika)”
  • Cebuano: “Tugela Falls”
  • Chinese: “图盖拉瀑布”
  • Chinese: “圖蓋拉瀑布”
  • Czech: “Tugela”
  • Czech: “Vodopád Tugela”
  • Dutch: “Tugela Falls”
  • Dutch: “Tugela-waterval”
  • Dutch: “Tugelawaterval”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات توجيلا”
  • Finnish: “Tugelan putoukset”
  • French: “chutes de la Tugela”
  • French: “Chutes de la Tugela”
  • Georgian: “ტუგელა”
  • German: “Tugela Falls”
  • Hebrew: “מפלי טוגלה”
  • Hungarian: “Tugela-vízesés”
  • Italian: “Cascate del Tugela”
  • Japanese: “トゥゲラ滝”
  • Lithuanian: “Tugelos krioklys”
  • Low German: “Tugela-Waterfall”
  • Malayalam: “ടുഗേലാ വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം”
  • Mazanderani: “توگلا”
  • Mingrelian: “ტუგელა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thukelafallene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tugelafallene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tugelafossen”
  • Norwegian: “Tugelafallene”
  • Persian: “آبشار توگلا”
  • Polish: “Tugela”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas do Tugela”
  • Russian: “Тугела”
  • Slovak: “Tugela Falls”
  • Spanish: “Salto del Tugela”
  • Swedish: “Tugelafallen”
  • Tamil: “துகேலா அருவி”
  • Ukrainian: “Тугела”
  • Ukrainian: “Туґела”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹوگیلا چھمبر”
  • “तुगेला झरना”

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