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The word Kloof (cf. cleft) means 'gorge' in Afrikaans and the area is named after the deep ravine formed by the Molweni stream (stream of high cliffs). The Kloof Gorge is part of the 4.47-square-kilometre (1.73 sq mi) Krantzkloof Nature Reserve. It is a predominantly English-speaking area.
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.
Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site is a small, protected valley (“kloof”), near the Helderberg Nature Reserve, in Somerset West, South Africa. [1]The name Silwerboomkloof means “Valley of the Silvertrees”.
Nuwekloof Pass, also known as Roodezand Pass or Tulbagh Kloof, is a mountain pass in the Western Cape, South Africa, which crosses the Obiqua Mountains in a kloof created by the Klein Berg River. It allows eastward access from Cape Town and the Swartland into the Tulbagh basin and onwards to the Breede River Valley.
Glenholme Nature Reserve is a 42-hectare (100-acre) privately managed area of grassland, scarp and swamp forest in Kloof, outside of Durban, South Africa. [1] A small stream in the reserve leads to a waterfall and gorge which forms one of the headwaters of the Umbilo River. [1] The reserve is managed by WESSA and the Kloof
In Canada, a gorge is usually narrow while a ravine is more open and often wooded. The military-derived word defile is occasionally used in the United Kingdom. In South Africa, kloof (in Krantzkloof Nature Reserve) is used along with canyon (as in Blyde River Canyon) and gorge (in Oribi Gorge). [5]
Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal (The word Kloof means 'gorge' in Afrikaans [citation needed]) ... Joffre Gorge, Karijini National Park Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park.
In South Africa, the term "Kloofing" is used, which is derived from the Afrikaans word 'kloof', meaning 'gorge' or 'ravine'. It has been adopted by English-speaking people (mostly in southern Africa), to mean the activity described above. The word is used in a similar sense to canyoning and canyoneering.