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Northern Cape topographic map

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Name: Northern Cape topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Northern Cape, South Africa (-32.94500 16.33352 -24.76375 25.54933)

Average elevation: 969 m

Minimum elevation: 0 m

Maximum elevation: 2,321 m

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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

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

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

Umlazi

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

Umlazi is situated on a series of undulating hills at an average elevation of 101 metres above sea level between the uMlaza River to the north and the uMbokodweni River to the south. Another river running through Umlazi is the Siphingo River which also runs towards the south of the township.

Average elevation: 100 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

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

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

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

Table Mountain

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town > Cape Town

Table Mountain is at the northern end of a sandstone mountain range that forms the spine of the Cape Peninsula that terminates approximately 50 kilometres (30 mi) to the south at the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. Immediately to the south of Table Mountain is a rugged "plateau" at a somewhat lower elevation…

Average elevation: 583 m

Johannesburg

South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

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Average elevation: 1,615 m

Cape Fold Mountains

South Africa > Western Cape > Central Karoo District Municipality > Prince Albert Local Municipality

The degree to which the original Cape Fold mountains (formed during the Carboniferous and early Permian Periods) have been eroded is attested to by the fact that the 1 km high Table Mountain on the Cape Peninsula is a syncline mountain, meaning that it formed part of the bottom of a valley when the Cape…

Average elevation: 1,419 m

Maiden's Cove

South Africa > Western Cape > Cape Town

Average elevation: 39 m

Stellenbosch

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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

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

Calitzdorp

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 307 m

Saldanha Bay

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 0 m

Langrug

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Average elevation: 334 m

Tugela Falls

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Uthukela District Municipality > Okhahlamba Local Municipality

First, many now believe that Angel Falls is not as tall as was claimed in the initial survey carried out by American journalist Ruth Robertson in 1949. The quoted figure of 979 m (3,212 ft) corresponds almost precisely with the difference in altitude between the top of the falls and the confluence of the Rio…

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Umlazi

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

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Average elevation: 100 m

Table Mountain

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town > Cape Town

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Average elevation: 578 m

Secunda

South Africa > Mpumalanga > Gert Sibande

Average elevation: 1,619 m

Durbanville

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

Durbanville is situated in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, approximately 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) north-east of the city, bordered by Bellville to the south, Brackenfell to the south-east and Kraaifontein to the east. It lies at an altitude of between 100 m (328 ft) to 240 m (787 ft), in the vast rolling…

Average elevation: 157 m

Johannesburg

South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

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Average elevation: 1,615 m