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What is the definition for coastal plain

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Are found at sea level along the coast

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What is the definition for sea level

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The height of the land at the coast

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What is the definition for escarpment

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High mountainous region that separates the coastal region from the inland plateau

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What is the definition for plateau

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High-lying, flat inland region

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Where is the Little Karoo located

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Between the Langeberg Mountains and the Outeniqua Mountains

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Where is the Great Karoo located

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South of the escarpment and North of the Little Karoo

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Where is the Lowveld located

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Between the Lebombo Mountains and the Drakensberg Mountains

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What is the Kalahari

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Large semi-dry sandy area in South Africa

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What is Namaqualand

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Covered with colourful flowers during Spring

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What is the Highveld

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Covers roughly 30 per cent of South Africa’s land area

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What are two provinces situated along the coastal plain

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Eastern Cape

Kwa zulu Natal

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What province is situated along the escarpment

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Mpumalanga

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What are two provinces situated along the plateau

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Northern Cape

North West

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What mountain range is found on the eastern escarpment

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Drankensberg Mountains

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What are South Africa’s two major rivers

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Limpopo River

Orange river

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What is the Limpopo’s River main tributary

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Olifants River

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Where does the Limpopo River flow towards

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It flows eastwards towards the Indian Ocean

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What does the Limpopo River do

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Separates South Africa from Botswana in the North West and Zimbabwe in the North

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What is the source of the Orange River

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Drakensberg mountains

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What is the Orange River main tributary

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Vaal River

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What direction does the Orange River flow in

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It flows in a westerly direction before it empties into the Atlantic Ocean

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What does source mean

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The beginning of a river

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What does tributary mean

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A stream or river that joins another stream

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What does mouth mean

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Where a river meets the ocean

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What does catchment area mean

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The area where water is collected to flow in a river

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What are two countries that border the mouth of the Orange River

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South Africa and Namibia