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South Africa topographic maps
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Chatsworth
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 149 m
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Umfolozi River
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > King Cetswayo District Municipality
Average elevation: 75 m
Kouga Dam
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Sarah Baartman District Municipality > Kouga Local Municipality
Average elevation: 275 m
Kgaswane Mountain Nature Reserve
South Africa > North West > Bojanala Platinum District Municipality > Rustenburg Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,307 m
Gamtoos River
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Sarah Baartman District Municipality
Average elevation: 261 m
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Kamhlushwa
South Africa > Mpumalanga > Ehlanzeni District Municipality > Nkomazi
Average elevation: 254 m
Komati River
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
Vrede
South Africa > Free State > Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality > Phumelela Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,678 m
Ga-Masemola
South Africa > Limpopo > Sekhukhune District Municipality > Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality
Average elevation: 911 m
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Mankweng
South Africa > Limpopo > Capricorn District Municipality > Polokwane Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,300 m
Tafelkop
South Africa > Northern Cape > Namakwa District Municipality > Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,457 m
Mashamba
South Africa > Limpopo > Vhembe District Municipality > Makhado Local Municipality
Average elevation: 587 m
KwaDukuza Local Municipality
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > iLembe District Municipality
Average elevation: 153 m
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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
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Randburg
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 1,567 m
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Hankey
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Sarah Baartman District Municipality > Kouga Local Municipality
Average elevation: 52 m
Port St Johns
South Africa > Eastern Cape > O.R. Tambo District Municipality > Port St Johns Local Municipality
Average elevation: 85 m
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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
Saint Helena Bay
South Africa > Western Cape > West Coast District Municipality > Saldanha Bay Local Municipality
Average elevation: 45 m
Hex River
South Africa > North West > Bojanala Platinum District Municipality > Rustenburg
Average elevation: 1,209 m
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Onrus River
South Africa > Western Cape > Overberg District Municipality > Overstrand Local Municipality
Average elevation: 232 m
Centurion Lake
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality > Centurion
Average elevation: 1,440 m
Thyspunt
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Sarah Baartman District Municipality > Kouga Local Municipality
Average elevation: 82 m
Beaufort West Local Municipality
South Africa > Western Cape > Central Karoo District Municipality
Average elevation: 1,071 m
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Makhado Local Municipality
South Africa > Limpopo > Vhembe District Municipality
Average elevation: 846 m
Sterkfontein Dam
South Africa > Free State > Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality > Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,748 m
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Hartebeespoort Dam
South Africa > North West > Bojanala Platinum District Municipality > Madibeng Local Municipality > Kosmos
Average elevation: 1,178 m
Bethal
South Africa > Mpumalanga > Gert Sibande > Govan Mbeki Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,662 m
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Danville
South Africa > Gauteng > City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality > Pretoria
Average elevation: 1,351 m
uMgeni
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Ugu District Municipality > Umzumbe Local Municipality
Average elevation: 177 m
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Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve
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
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Ugu District Municipality
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
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Nzhelele
South Africa > Limpopo > Vhembe District Municipality > Makhado Local Municipality
Average elevation: 675 m
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Malgas Island Marine Protected Area
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
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
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Hermanus
South Africa > Western Cape > Overberg District Municipality > Overstrand Local Municipality
Average elevation: 87 m
Port Alfred
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Sarah Baartman District Municipality > Ndlambe Local Municipality
Average elevation: 33 m
Butterworth
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Amathole District Municipality > Mnquma Local Municipality
Average elevation: 599 m
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Yzerfontein
South Africa > Western Cape > West Coast District Municipality > Swartland Local Municipality
Average elevation: 8 m
Coega
South Africa > Eastern Cape > Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Average elevation: 43 m
Jeppe's Reef
South Africa > Mpumalanga > Ehlanzeni District Municipality > Nkomazi > Jeppe's Reef
Average elevation: 431 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
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Barberton
South Africa > Mpumalanga > Ehlanzeni District Municipality > Umjindi Local Municipality
Average elevation: 917 m
Kenhardt
South Africa > Northern Cape > ZF Mgcawu District Municipality > Kai !Garib Local Municipality
Average elevation: 808 m
Mmakau
South Africa > North West > Bojanala Platinum District Municipality > Madibeng Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,246 m
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Marikana
South Africa > North West > Bojanala Platinum District Municipality > Rustenburg Local Municipality
Average elevation: 1,148 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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