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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 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.
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
The Upper Highway Area is a region west of the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [1] [2] It is the suburban western part of the Greater Durban metropolitan area and extends from Kloof in the east to Botha’s Hill in the west.
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 ...
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 .
Schoemans Kloof Pass, or simply Schoemanskloof, / ˈ s k uː m ə n z ˈ k l uː f / is situated in Mpumalanga province, on the R539 road between the junction with the R36 at Bambi (23 kilometres north of Machadodorp) and the junction with the N4 about 16 kilometres north of Ngodwana (South Africa). This scenic region is the access route that ...