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South Africa
South Africa is in southernmost Africa, with a coastline that stretches more than 2,500 km (1,553 mi) and along two oceans (the South Atlantic and the Indian). At 1,219,912 km2 (471,011 sq mi), South Africa is the 24th-largest country in the world. Excluding the Prince Edward Islands, the country lies between…
Average elevation: 221 m
Ethiopia
In 2019, archaeologists discovered a 30,000-year-old Middle Stone Age rock shelter at the Fincha Habera site in Bale Mountains at an elevation of 3,469 metres (11,381 feet) above sea level. At this high altitude, humans are susceptible both to hypoxia and to extreme weather. According to a study published in…
Average elevation: 846 m
Cape Town
South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town
The Cape Peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille Point in the north to Cape Point in the south, with an area of about 470 km2, and it displays more topographical variety than other similar sized areas in southern Africa, and consequently spectacular scenery. There are diverse low-nutrient soils, large rocky…
Average elevation: 53 m
Mossel Bay
South Africa > Western Cape > George
To the east, the land slopes upwards towards the wave-cut platform (average elevation 245 metres) that characterises the more lush all-year-round rainfall area of the Garden Route. Here the land is mostly covered by grass and farmlands. The deep sandy soils of the western portion of the municipal area also…
Average elevation: 16 m
Johannesburg
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Johannesburg is located in the eastern plateau area of South Africa known as the Highveld, at an elevation of 1,753 metres (5,751 ft). The former Central Business District is located on the southern side of the prominent ridge called the Witwatersrand (English: White Water's Ridge) and the terrain falls to the…
Average elevation: 1,615 m
Western Cape
The province is topographically exceptionally diverse. Most of the province falls within the Cape Fold Belt, a set of nearly parallel ranges of sandstone folded mountains of Cambrian-Ordovician age (the age of the rocks is from 510 to about 330 million years ago; their folding into mountains occurred about 350…
Average elevation: 581 m
Gansbaai
South Africa > Western Cape > Overberg District Municipality > Overstrand Local Municipality
Average elevation: 34 m
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of…
Average elevation: 355 m
Brunei
Average elevation: 100 m
Richards Bay
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > King Cetswayo District Municipality
Average elevation: 31 m
Gqeberha
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 37 m
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal has a varied yet verdant climate thanks to diverse, complex topography. Generally, the coast is subtropical with inland regions becoming progressively colder. Durban on the south coast has an annual rainfall of 1009 mm, with daytime maxima peaking from January to March at 28 °C (82 °F) with a…
Average elevation: 777 m
Graskop
South Africa > Mpumalanga > Ehlanzeni District Municipality > Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,385 m
Roodepoort
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 1,593 m
Tzaneen
South Africa > Limpopo > Mopani District Municipality > Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality
Average elevation: 737 m
Gauteng
Gauteng's southern border is the Vaal River, which separates it from the Free State. It also borders on North West to the west, Limpopo to the north, and Mpumalanga to the east. Gauteng is the only landlocked province of South Africa without a foreign border. Most of Gauteng is on the Highveld, a high-altitude…
Average elevation: 1,405 m
Laguna
Laguna is a Brazilian municipality located in the southern state of Santa Catarina, 120 kilometers south of the state's capital, Florianópolis, and north east of Porto Alegre. The population is 46,122 (2020 est.) in an area of 336.4 km². Elevation is 2 m. The BR-101 coastal highway passes through the…
Average elevation: 11 m
Bloemfontein
South Africa > Free State > Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
Situated at an elevation of 1,395 m (4,577 ft) above sea level, the city is home to approximately 520,000 residents and forms part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality which has a population of 747,431. It was one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Average elevation: 1,374 m
Centurion
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 1,451 m
De Hoop Nature Reserve
South Africa > Western Cape > Overberg District Municipality
Average elevation: 63 m
Mkambati Nature Reserve
South Africa > Eastern Cape > O.R. Tambo District Municipality > Ingquza Hill Local Municipality
Average elevation: 130 m
Reddersburg
South Africa > Free State > Xhariep District Municipality > Kopanong Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,423 m
Victoria Park
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality > Johannesburg
Average elevation: 1,571 m
Vaal Dam
South Africa > Free State > Fezile Dabi District Municipality > Metsimaholo Local Municipality > Deneysville
Average elevation: 1,481 m
Pretoria
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Pretoria is situated approximately 55 km (34 mi) north-northeast of Johannesburg in the northeast of South Africa, in a transitional belt between the plateau of the Highveld to the south and the lower-lying Bushveld to the north. It lies at an altitude of about 1,339 m (4,393 ft) above sea level, in a warm,…
Average elevation: 1,363 m