Great Escarpment of southern Africa

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The Great Escarpment of southern Africa is a vast, steep mountainous and plateau edge system that forms a dramatic topographic barrier running along much of southern Africa’s interior.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf escarpment
mountain system
physiographic region
age Cenozoic modification
Mesozoic
alsoKnownAs Great Escarpment (southern Africa)
continent Africa
country Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
drainsTo Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
extendsInto Angola
forms topographic barrier
formsBoundaryOf Central Plateau of South Africa
linked to: Highveld

Highveld
Namib Desert margin
linked to: Namib Desert
geologicalOrigin Gondwana breakup
geologicalProcess long-term erosion
uplift
hasPart Central Plateau of Namibia escarpment
Drakensberg
Eastern Escarpment of South Africa
Great Karas Mountains
Khomas Highlands
linked to: Khomas Hochland

Maloti Mountains
Nuweveldberge
Sneeuberge
Stormberg
Western Escarpment of Namibia
highestPoint Thabana Ntlenyana
highestPointElevation 3482 m
influences rainfall distribution in southern Africa
regional climate of southern Africa
language English name "Great Escarpment"
length over 5000 km
locatedIn southern Africa
linked to: Southern Africa
near Lesotho Highlands
notableFor biodiversity gradients
dramatic scenery
steep slopes
orientation roughly parallel to southern African coasts
partOf African Plateau margin
relief up to about 2000 m local relief
separates coastal plains of southern Africa
interior plateau of southern Africa

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uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park formsPartOf Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Highveld partOf South African Plateau
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Aquila verreauxii distribution Namibian escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Karoo partOf South African interior plateau
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Karoo borders Great Escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Thabana Ntlenyana isPartOf Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Eastern Highlands formsPartOf Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Amathole Mountains partOf Great Escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Drakensberg Mountains partOf Great Escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Tugela Falls headwaters geomorphologicalSetting Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Barrier of Spears isSectionOf Great Escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Great Escarpment of southern Africa hasPart Central Plateau of Namibia escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Great Escarpment of southern Africa hasPart Eastern Escarpment of South Africa
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Great Escarpment of southern Africa hasPart Western Escarpment of Namibia
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Great Escarpment of southern Africa language English name "Great Escarpment"
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Great Escarpment of southern Africa alsoKnownAs Great Escarpment (southern Africa)
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Mafadi partOf Great Escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Chizarira National Park locatedOn Zambezi Escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Chizarira National Park region Zambezi escarpment region
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Batoka Gorge locatedIn Zambezi Escarpment region
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Bunda Cliffs isPartOf Bunda Plateau escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Swartberg Mountains formsPartOf Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Cape Fold Belt separatedFrom Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Khomas Hochland borders Namibian Escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa
Game Reserve No. 3 locatedIn Namibian escarpment
linked to: Great Escarpment of southern Africa