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Lake Retba, also known as Lac Rose (meaning "pink lake"), lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula in Senegal, some 35 km (22 mi) north-east of the capital, Dakar, in northwest Africa. It is named for its pink waters caused by Dunaliella salina algae and is known for its high salt content, up to 40% in some areas.
A lake in Westgate Park, Melbourne, Australia, was coloured pink in March 2017 [10] and then again in September 2019, but since then and as of January 2022 had taken on a dark green hue. Warmer weather and lower rainfall appears to make it turn pink. [1] As water evaporates, the salinity increases, but salinity is not the only factor at work.
The Cape Academy was also ranked second in Physical Science and fourth in Mathematics in South Africa, [6] despite having only registered its first matrics in 2006. The rankings were based on the percentage of learners in each school who attained a grade of 50% or more in the NSC examinations, in the subjects of mathematics and physical science.
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Jeppe High School for Girls is a public English medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Kensington in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, The school's address is 160 Roberts Ave, Kensington, Johannesburg, 2094, South Africa (on the corner of Roberts Avenue and Lynx Street). [1]
In order to reach the pure spring water, the people need to climb large rocks and use a strong fig tree as an improvised staircase. [2] The Isinuka cave is below a rock outcrop and water drips from the roof of the cave onto a slippery white clayey sedimentary material, which is the material used for the treatment of skin diseases such as acne ...
South Africa has a wide range of marine diversity with coastline in three oceans, two major current systems, major ocean frontal systems and benthic topography extending to a maximum depth of 5 700 m. There are 179 defined marine ecosystem types, 150 of them around South Africa and 29 around the sub-Antarctic territory of the Prince Edward Islands.
The OBE system, when in its experimental stages, originally used a scale from 1 - 4 (a pass being a 3 and a '1st class pass' being above 70%), but this system was considered far too coarse and replaced by a scale from 1 to 7.