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The Cape Floral Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province . The Cape Floristic Region, the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world, is an area of ...
Fynbos ( / ˈfeɪnbɒs /; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈfɛinbos] lit. 'fine plants') is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate and rainy winters.
The peninsula lies within the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. It is the home of some 2285 plant species and is a global hot-spot of diversity for plants and invertebrates. Vegetation is dominated by about 12 types of fire-prone fynbos shrubland. Invertebeate community structure is poorly understood, and vertebrate communities are thought ...
Renosterveld. Renosterveld habitat above cultivated fields, Western Cape. Renosterveld is a term used for one of the major plant communities and vegetation types of the Cape Floristic Region (Cape Floral Kingdom) which is located in southwestern and southeastern South Africa, in southernmost Africa. It is an ecoregion of the Mediterranean ...
Kogelberg Nature Reserve (Western Cape) Kogelberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve of 3,000 ha (7,400 acres) comprising the Kogelberg Mountain Range, to the east of Cape Town, South Africa . With about 1600 plant species, it contains a floral diversity per unit area that is greater than anywhere else in the world. [ 1 ]
The Hottentots Holland Mountains are part of the Cape Fold Belt in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Cape Town metropolitan area and the southern Overberg coast. The range is primarily composed of Table Mountain Sandstone, and lies between the eastern Cape Town suburbs of Somerset West and Gordon's ...
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope[ 2] ( Afrikaans: Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop ), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( Afrikaans: Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( Afrikaans: Die Kaap ), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa. It encompassed the old Cape Colony, as well ...
Basin size. 1,080 km 2 (420 sq mi) The Keurbooms River ( Afrikaans: Keurboomsrivier) is a river in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. The river has its sources south of Uniondale in the Langkloof and flows in a roughly southeastern direction. It passes De Vlugt and the Prince Alfred Pass, flowing along the northern side of the R340 road ...