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Northern Cape topographic maps

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Kimberley

South Africa > Northern Cape > Frances Baard District Municipality

Kimberley is set in a relatively flat landscape with no prominent topographic features within the urban limits. The only "hills" are debris dumps generated by more than a century of diamond mining. From the 1990s these were being recycled and poured back into De Beers Mine (by 2010 it was filled to within a…

Average elevation: 1,203 m

UNESCO Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape

South Africa > Northern Cape

The Richtersveld is a desert landscape characterised by rugged kloofs and high mountains, situated in the north-western corner of South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It is full of changing scenery from flat, sandy, coastal plains, to craggy sharp mountains of volcanic rock and the lushness of the Orange…

Average elevation: 394 m

Upington

South Africa > Northern Cape > Upington

The elevation of Upington is 2,742 feet (835 metres). It is the closest large centre to the Augrabies Falls (arguably the greatest of South African waterfalls) and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The landscape is very arid but the soil is fertile and crops such as fruit are grown in irrigated fields. The…

Average elevation: 856 m

Calvinia

South Africa > Northern Cape > Namakwa District Municipality > Hantam Local Municipality

The town is 301 kilometers (470 kilometers by tar road) north of Cape Town and lies at an altitude of 970 meters.

Average elevation: 1,023 m

Upington

South Africa > Northern Cape > ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

The elevation of Upington is 2,742 feet (835 metres). It is the closest large centre to the Augrabies Falls (arguably the greatest of South African waterfalls) and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The landscape is very arid but the soil is fertile and crops such as fruit are grown in irrigated fields. The…

Average elevation: 849 m

Kenhardt

South Africa > Northern Cape > Kenhardt

Average elevation: 800 m

Douglas

South Africa > Northern Cape > Pixley ka Seme District Municipality > Siyancuma Local Municipality

Douglas has a record of its elevation above sea level of 1030.22 meters (3379.99 feet). Comparing Douglas district’s yearly temperature to South Africa’s averages, the records show that it is 4.01% higher with a temperature 25.23ºC (77.41ºF). Douglas is known for its Subtropical desert climate with 38.78…

Average elevation: 1,010 m

Victoria West

South Africa > Northern Cape > Victoria West

Victoria West is a town in the central Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is situated on the main N12 route, at an elevation of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft). It is the seat of the Ubuntu Local Municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.

Average elevation: 1,290 m

Fraserburg

South Africa > Northern Cape > Namakwa District Municipality > Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality

Fraserburg is situated at an altitude of 1,385 metres (4,544 ft) above sea level on a high Karoo plateau, north of the Nuweveld Mountains.

Average elevation: 1,268 m

Kuruman

South Africa > Northern Cape > Kuruman

Average elevation: 1,334 m

Sanddrift

South Africa > Northern Cape > Sanddrift

Average elevation: 57 m

Lekkersing

South Africa > Northern Cape > Lekkersing

Average elevation: 389 m

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