How Tall Is Tugela Falls? 948 m (3,110 ft) to Scale

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Tugela Falls (948 m) drawn to scale beside the Burj Khalifa (828 m) and the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Burj Khalifa (828 m), Tugela Falls (948 m) and Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km).

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How big is that, really?

About the same height as the Burj Khalifa
About 2.9× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
About 35% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 11% of the height of Mount Everest
About 10× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Tugela Falls

Tugela Falls descends in a series of five major leaps from the Drakensberg escarpment.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tugela Falls; South African National Parks, Royal Natal National Park

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Tugela Falls
Mount Augustus	717 m (2,352 ft)	0.76×
Yosemite Falls	739 m (2,425 ft)	0.78×
Gocta Falls	771 m (2,530 ft)	0.81×
Horseshoe Falls	790 m (2,592 ft)	0.83×
Browne Falls	838 m (2,749 ft)	0.88×
Yumbilla Falls	896 m (2,940 ft)	0.95×
Tugela Falls	948 m (3,110 ft)	this page
Table Mountain	1,086 m (3,563 ft)	1.1×
Niagara Falls	1.2 km (3,937 ft)	1.3×
Kīlauea	1,247 m (4,091 ft)	1.3×

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