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Doring River

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 612 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

Rooiberg

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 1,230 m

Knysna

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 95 m

Pella

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

Average elevation: 226 m

Map of Africa

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 80 m

Friemersheim

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 262 m

Zoar

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 569 m

Ceres

South Africa > Western Cape > Cape Winelands District Municipality > Witzenberg Local Municipality

Ceres experiences a typical Mediterranean climate tempered by its altitude. The town experiences warmer temperatures in summer, due to its inland location with infrequent rainfall, however winters are cool to quite cold and wet, with frequent snowfalls on the surrounding higher-lying ground, rarely falling on…

Average elevation: 586 m

Napier

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 170 m

Oudtshoorn

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 353 m

George

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 421 m

Rosshaw

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

Average elevation: 64 m

Atlantis

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

Average elevation: 162 m

City of Cape Town

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 114 m

Parow

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

Average elevation: 73 m

Vleesbaai

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 37 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

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

Karoo

South Africa > Western Cape > Central Karoo District Municipality > Beaufort West Local Municipality

The Karoo (/kəˈruə/ kə-ROO-ə; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ǃ’Aukarob "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its extent is also not precisely defined. The Karoo is…

Average elevation: 881 m

Stellenbosch

South Africa > Western Cape > Cape Winelands District Municipality > Stellenbosch Local Municipality

Stellenbosch is 53 km (33 mi) east of Cape Town via National Route N1. Stellenbosch is in a hilly region of the Cape Winelands, and is sheltered in a valley at an average elevation of 136 m (446 ft), flanked on the west by Papegaaiberg (Afrikaans: Parrot Mountain), which is actually a hill.[citation needed] To…

Average elevation: 287 m

Strand

South Africa > Western Cape > City of Cape Town

Average elevation: 22 m

Seal Island

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 4 m

False Bay

South Africa > Western Cape

Local variations in wind direction and strength are caused by interaction with the mountains on both sides of the bay. South-easterly winds are accelerated northwest of Cape Hangklip, and a distinct wind shadow can develop in the lee of the Kogelberg mountain. Northwesterly winds accelerate over Table Mountain…

Average elevation: 0 m

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