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Gauteng topographic map
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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 grassland (circa 1,500 m or 4,921 ft above sea level). Between Johannesburg and Pretoria, there are low parallel ridges and undulating hills, some part of the Magaliesberg Mountains and the Witwatersrand. The north of the province is more subtropical, due to its lower altitude and is mostly dry savanna habitat.
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Name: Gauteng topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Gauteng, South Africa (-26.92383 27.15634 -25.10961 29.09842)
Average elevation: 1,405 m
Minimum elevation: 914 m
Maximum elevation: 1,905 m
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