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Richard's Bay Harbour Mangroves

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > King Cetswayo District Municipality > Richards Bay

Areas of forest which grow in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa mostly on south facing slopes in higher rainfall areas, and along the humid coastal areas. Different types of forest can be identified by their species composition which depends mostly on the altitude, latitude and substrate (soil and rock types) in…

Average elevation: 3 m

Umzimkulu River

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal

Average elevation: 953 m

Tugela Falls

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Uthukela District Municipality > Okhahlamba Local Municipality

First, many now believe that Angel Falls is not as tall as was claimed in the initial survey carried out by American journalist Ruth Robertson in 1949. The quoted figure of 979 m (3,212 ft) corresponds almost precisely with the difference in altitude between the top of the falls and the confluence of the Rio…

Average elevation: 2,773 m

Weza Forest

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > Ugu District Municipality > uMuziwabantu Local Municipality

Areas of forest which grow in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa mostly on south facing slopes in higher rainfall areas, and along the humid coastal areas. Different types of forest can be identified by their species composition which depends mostly on the altitude, latitude and substrate (soil and rock types) in…

Average elevation: 1,317 m

Howick

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > uMgungundlovu District Municipality > uMgeni Local Municipality

Howick is possibly the location of the first crewed flight in the world. Evidence exists that a John Goodman Household flew a self made glider in 1871 and again in 1875 on the outskirts of Howick, close to Karkloof. The actual distance flown and altitude achieved differs from source to source (some sources say…

Average elevation: 1,066 m

Pinetown

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

Topographically, Pinetown is generally hilly with the exception of the central business district which is relatively flatter by comparison to the surrounding suburban areas. The notable high-lying areas in the eastern parts of Pinetown include Cowies Hill and the New Germany Nature Reserve reaching…

Average elevation: 296 m

Umdloti / eMdloti

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

eMdloti has a permanent population of around 3,000 people but can increase by as much as tenfold during the Christmas and Easter holiday season. Due to eMdloti's single access road (M27) from the M4/N2 interchanges, the topography, the fact that North and South Beach Roads are both cul-de-sacs and limited…

Average elevation: 38 m

Kloof

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

The further subdivisions and sale of portions of Richmond Farm No. 999 by the Field heirs after 1901 resulted in the birth of Kloof as a residential area: numerous plots were sold to wealthy Durban residents and businessmen, who built country house retreats close to the city, but (due to its 550 m above sea…

Average elevation: 480 m

uThukela

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal > King Cetswayo District Municipality > uMlalazi Local Municipality

The river originates in Mont-aux-Sources of the Drakensberg Mountains at an elevation of almost 11,000 feet and plunges 947 metres down the Tugela Falls. The Mont-aux-Sources is also the origin of tributaries of two other major South African rivers, the Orange and the Caledon River. From the Drakensberg range,…

Average elevation: 238 m

Mooi River

South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal

Average elevation: 1,194 m

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