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South Africa is a sunny country, averaging 8–10 daily sunshine hours in most regions. [2] The average annual rainfall for South Africa is about 464 mm (compared to a global average of 950 mm [3]) but large and unpredictable variations are common. Overall, rainfall is greatest in the east and gradually decreases westward, with some semi-desert ...
Lichtenburg (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈləχtənˌbœrəχ]) is a town situated in North West Province, South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Ditsobotla Local Municipality. [3] The town was established in 1873 and was named by Transvaal President Thomas François Burgers as Lichtenburg (Town of Light).
Maltby is a former mining town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.It was historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire.It is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Rotherham and 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Sheffield.
West and South Yorkshire's building stone atlas. bgs.ac.uk (Report). Strategic Stone Study. Communities and Local Government, British Geological Survey, English Heritage. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2012; Reid, Mark (2008). The Yorkshire Water Way. Harrogate: Innway Publications. ISBN 978-1-902001-15-9.
The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The lieutenancy at that time included the city of York and as such was named "West Riding of the County of York and the County of the City of York". [2]
Kirkby Malham is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales it lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Settle. The population of the civil parish as taken in the 2011 Census (including Hanlith and Scosthrop) was 202. [1] Nearby settlements include Hanlith, Malham, Airton and Calton.
Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnsley is located on the M1 corridor between the cities of Sheffield to the south and Wakefield to the north. Doncaster is to the east, Huddersfield to the north-west, and Manchester lies west across the Peak District to which it is connected to via the A628 road.
The modern form riding was the result of the initial th being absorbed in the final th or t of the words north, south, east and west, by which it was normally preceded. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A common misconception holds that the term arose from some association between the size of the district and the distance that can be covered or encircled on ...