The Orange River has flooded Posted by Anita Froneman on 10 November 2020 The mighty Orange River has flooded following heavy rains across the country. ‘Few sights are as awesome or a sound as deafening as water thundering down the natural wonder that is Augrabies Waterfall when the Orange River is in full flood. Augrabies Falls National Park is calling,’ said SANParks on Twitter. The Orange River is the longest river in South Africa and the Orange River Basin extends extensively from Lesotho into South Africa and Namibia. The Augrabies National Park in the Northern Cape was established in 1966 and covers an area of 820 km². According to, Experience Northern Cape, the waterfall is about 60 metres high the gorge below the falls averages about 240 m deep, running for 18 kilometres. The Khoi people first called it ‘Aukoerebis’, meaning ‘Place of Great Noise’. Turn on the sound of the video and you will hear why: Few sights are as awesome or a sound as deafening as water thundering down the natural wonder that is Augrabies Waterfall when the Orange River is in full flood. Augrabies Falls National Park is calling: https://t.co/iORZigulur #SANationalParksWeek 🎥 Khaya On Wheels pic.twitter.com/T6MByjMKZn — SANParks (@SANParks) November 6, 2020 The Orange river near Colesberg, South Africa. Thank you Lord for wonderful rain. Enjoy a wonderful week Twitter friends. Lift your spirit and smile. It’s not #Moanday it’s #Monday!#mondaythoughts #Mondayvibes pic.twitter.com/wkfCMfZuTN — JG (Johan) van Zyl ✍✝️ (@JGvanZyl_ZA) November 2, 2020 #augrabiesfalls The Khoi people called the falls ‘Aukoerebis’, the place of the Great Noise, referring to the Orange… Posted by Louis Lock on Sunday, 1 November 2020 Picture: Twitter/FactsRSA Related Posts Raising dust in the dunes of the Namib 27 May 2022 Lynelle Govender makes the long journey to Namibia to meet Dr John Heydinger to learn... read more Of Battles, Bakkies and Boers: Uncovering Kroonstad 26 May 2022 If Americans played jukskei, the annual National Championships in Kroonstad would be known as the... read more Wonderful Wupperthal – a humble dorpie in the Cederberg 24 May 2022 The white thatched buildings were the first thing I noticed when we drove into Wupperthal,... read more PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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