# Augrabies Falls

- **Country:** South Africa
- **Type:** Cascade
- **Height:** 183 ft
- **Location:** Kai ǃGarib Local Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
- **Watercourse:** Orange River
- **Average Flow:** 11050 ft3
- **Average Width:** 80 ft
- **Photo Caption:** Augrabies Falls

In the early 1920s the soldier, adventurer and statesman Deneys Reitz swam up the plunge pool and into the cavern behind the falls, laying a claim to have been the first person to do so and live.

![Photo of Augrabies Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Augrabies_Falls%2C_March_2008.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augrabies_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)