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Ruacana Falls

Ruacana Falls is a waterfall located in , on the Kunene River in Northern . The waterfall is 120 meters high and 700 meters wide in full flood. It is among the largest waterfalls in , both by volume and width.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall
  • Also known as: “Catarata Roacana”, “Catarata Ruacaná”, “Cataratas de Ruacaná”, and “Cataratas do Ruacaná”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruacana Hydroelectric Power Station.

Power station
The is a hydroelectric power plant across the Kunene River near in northwest , close to the border.

Ruacana Falls

Latitude
-17.39314° or 17° 23′ 35″ south
Longitude
14.21814° or 14° 13′ 5″ east
Elevation
859 metres (2,818 feet)
Open location code
5FJPJ649+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1486960514
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
3346400
Wiki­data ID
Q1101379
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Satellite Map

Discover Ruacana Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Ruacana Falls” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ruacana ur-jauziak”
  • Belarusian: “Вадаспад Руакана”
  • Belarusian: “Руакана”
  • Catalan: “Cascades Ruacana”
  • Cebuano: “Ruacana Falls”
  • Chinese: “魯阿卡納瀑布”
  • Chinese: “鲁阿卡纳瀑布”
  • Finnish: “Ruacanan putoukset”
  • French: “chutes de Ruacana”
  • French: “Chutes de Ruacana”
  • Fulah: “Ruacana Falls”
  • German: “Ruacana-Wasserfälle”
  • German: “Ruacanafälle”
  • Hausa: “Fadamar ruwan Ruacana”
  • Hungarian: “Ruacana-vízesés”
  • Italian: “Cascate di Ruacana”
  • Japanese: “ルアカナ滝”
  • Latin: “Ruacana”
  • Lithuanian: “Ruakanos krioklys”
  • Polish: “Ruacana Falls”
  • Polish: “Wodospad Ruacana”
  • Portuguese: “Catarata de Ruacaná”
  • Portuguese: “Quedas do Ruacaná”
  • Russian: “Руакана”
  • Slovenian: “Slapovi Ruacana”
  • Spanish: “Cataratas Ruacana”
  • Swedish: “Ruacana Falls”
  • Ukrainian: “Руакана (водоспад)”
  • Ukrainian: “Руакана”

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Explore places such as Herdmen’s Camp and Omangundi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ruacana Falls and Ruacana Power Station Solar PV.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ruacana Falls”. Photo: ImperatoM, CC BY-SA 3.0.