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    the Karoo, however, is its southwestern corner, between the Great Escarpment and the Cederberg-Skurweberg mountain ranges, called the Tankwa Karoo, which...
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    Quartzite Sourveld (Gs 2) KaNgwane Montane Grassland (Gm 16) Karoo Escarpment Grassland (Gh 1) Klerksdorp Thornveld (Gh 13) KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld...
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    South of the 26°S parallel the Drakensberg escarpment is composed of Ecca shales, which belong to the Karoo Supergroup, and they are 300 million years...
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    Great Karoo, a semi-desert region that is divided by the Great Escarpment into the Upper Karoo (at an elevation of 1,100–1,600 m) and the Lower Karoo (at...
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    Highveld (redirect from Highveld grasslands)
    continuation of the Great Escarpment to the south separates the Highveld from KwaZulu-Natal. The south-eastern portion of the Great Escarpment (that portion of...
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    Sneeuberge (category Karoo)
    Africa's Great Escarpment in the Cradock, Murraysburg, Richmond, Graaff-Reinet, Nieu-Bethesda and Middelburg districts of the Great Karoo, most of which...
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    mountains and escarpments in high rainfall areas and gallery forests, and much of the plateau area is covered by grassland and savanna. The karoo occupies...
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    Veld (category Karoo)
    terrain, vast grasslands and a modified tropical or subtropical climate. To the east, the Highveld's border is marked by the Great Escarpment, or the Mpumalanga...
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    into the high escarpment on the edge of the Karoo, where the climate is relatively humid. Although it has also been known as the Karoo cape tortoise,...
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    for the Amathole region. Geography of South Africa The Great Escarpment Geology of the Karoo Cape Fold Mountains List of mountain ranges of South Africa...
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