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Komati River

South Africa

The river originates west of Carolina, rising at an elevation of about 1,800 m (5,906 ft) near Breyten in the Ermelo district of the Mpumalanga province. It flows in a general northeasterly direction and reaches the Indian Ocean at Maputo Bay, after a course of some 800 km (497 mi).

Average elevation: 477 m

uThukela

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > King Cetswayo District Municipality > uMlalazi Local Municipality

The river originates in Mont-aux-Sources of the Drakensberg Mountains at an elevation of almost 11,000 feet and plunges 947 metres down the Tugela Falls. The Mont-aux-Sources is also the origin of tributaries of two other major South African rivers, the Orange and the Caledon River. From the Drakensberg range,…

Average elevation: 238 m

Gourits River

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 283 m

Pongola River

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal

Average elevation: 684 m

Kouga River

South Africa > Eastern Cape

Average elevation: 505 m

Limpopo River

South Africa

Average elevation: 716 m

Great Fish River

South Africa

Average elevation: 853 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

Sedgefield

South Africa > Western Cape > George

Average elevation: 41 m

Umzimkulu River

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal

Average elevation: 953 m

Kreeftebaai

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 4 m

Tietiesbaai

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 23 m

Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve

South Africa > Gauteng

The reserve includes a variety of landscapes including slopes, cliffs, crests, kloofs, rivers, wetlands and valleys. Although the area covers a diverse geological area, it consists mainly of the Magaliesberg mountain complex comprising two geological formations: the Transvaal System and the Bushveld Igneous…

Average elevation: 1,366 m

Jutten Island

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 0 m

Ugu District Municipality

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal

Being a coastal strip, the topography generally falls towards the coast and is segmented by many water courses (streams/rivers) resulting in numerous hills and valleys as well as very flat areas along the coast.

Average elevation: 458 m

Sundays River

South Africa > Eastern Cape

Average elevation: 798 m

Doring River

South Africa > Western Cape

Average elevation: 612 m

Mzimvubu River

South Africa > Eastern Cape

Average elevation: 789 m

Mooi River

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal

Average elevation: 1,194 m

Riet River

South Africa > Free State

Average elevation: 1,251 m

Sabie River

South Africa > Mpumalanga

Average elevation: 440 m

Great Kei River

South Africa > Eastern Cape

Average elevation: 654 m

Mvoti River

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal

Average elevation: 643 m

Wild Coast Region

South Africa > Eastern Cape

Average elevation: 580 m

Malgas Island Marine Protected Area

South Africa > Western Cape

The type of rock of the reef is of some importance, as it influences the range of possibilities for the local topography, which in turn influences the range of habitats provided, and therefore the diversity of inhabitants. Sandstone and other sedimentary rocks erode and weather very differently, and depending…

Average elevation: 2 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

Harts River

South Africa > Northern Cape

Average elevation: 1,286 m

Steelpoort River

South Africa > Limpopo

Average elevation: 1,319 m

Alberton

South Africa > Gauteng > City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Alberton lies at an elevation of approximately 1,570 m (5,150 ft) above sea level on the banks of the Natal Spruit, approximately 11 km south-east of Johannesburg CBD, 59 km south of Pretoria and 49 km north-east of Vereeniging. Organisationally and administratively, it is included in the City of Ekurhuleni…

Average elevation: 1,617 m

Port Shepstone

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Ugu District Municipality > Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality

Port Shepstone's topography is characterised by a rugged/hilly terrain with the Central Business District (CBD) lying on a large hill overlooking the Indian Ocean. Port Shepstone proper (excluding its extensions) is bordered by the uMzimkhulu River to the north and the N2 freeway to the east and is also…

Average elevation: 33 m

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