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Kloof / k l uː f / is a town that includes a smaller area called Everton, located approximately 26 km north-west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Once an independent municipality, it now forms part of greater Durban area of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality .
The Kloof frog is an endangered amphibian, confined to clear streams in scarp forests. [5]Some 25 amphibian, 255 bird, 50 mammal, 36 reptile, 150 butterfly and 274 tree species [12] have been recorded in the Gorge or its vicinity.
Valley of a Thousand Hills Valley of a Thousand Hills Long-axis direction West-East Geography Country South Africa Coordinates 29°46′30″S 30°42′38″E / 29.7749°S 30.7105°E / -29.7749; 30.7105 Traversed by R103 View from Ekukhanyeni into the Mdloti River valley The Valley of a Thousand Hills is a valley between Pietermaritzburg and Durban, South Africa. The Umgeni River ...
The kloof was given its name by Isaq Schrijver in 1689, and more thoroughly explored by a later expedition under ensign August Frederik Beutler in 1752. [ 1 ] The valley has been farmed since 1760 and developed into an important fruit-growing region during the 1900s, [ 2 ] specifically prized for its apples and pears.
Grand Canyon, Arizona, at the confluence of the Colorado River and Little Colorado River.. A canyon (from Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon), [1] gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. [2]
Geography [ edit ] Waterfall is situated in the Upper Highway Area of Durban , approximately 33 kilometres (20 mi) north-west of the city and is bordered by Hillcrest to the south-west, Kloof to the south-east and KwaNgcolosi and KwaNqetho to the north.
Ravines may also be called a cleuch, dell, ghout , gill or ghyll, glen, gorge, kloof (South Africa), and chine (Isle of Wight) A ravine is generally a fluvial slope landform of relatively steep (cross-sectional) sides, on the order of twenty to seventy percent in gradient .
Naukluft is the Namibian German rendering of the Afrikaans Noukloof, meaning "narrow ravine", from nou ('narrow', cf Dutch nauw) and kloof ('ravine', cf German Kluft). [ 1 ] Geology