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SÜDAFRIKA( South-Africa), KLeine Karoo, Richtung Oudtshoorn, on the road again, 22618

SÜDAFRIKA( South-Africa), KLeine Karoo, Richtung Oudtshoorn,

Genug Platz zum Überholen

 

SOUTH AFRICA( South-Africa), KLeine Karoo, direction Oudtshoorn.

The name Karoo comes from kurú in the language of the San, who once lived and hunted here. In their language, this word means "dry, arid, stony land".

 

Great and Little Karoo

The Great Karoo has a west-east extension of over 750 kilometers and a north-south extension of around 110 kilometers. It is bordered to the west by the Cedar Mountains massif and to the east by the Winter Mountains. In the north, the Roggeveldberge, Komsberg, Nuweveldberge and Sneeuberg mountain ranges and in the south the Witteberge, Groot Swartberge and Groot Winterhoek form the natural boundary.

 

South of this region, bordered by the Swartberge in the north, the Little Karoo extends in a clearing basin. This in turn is bordered on its southern flank by the coastal Langeberge and Outeniqua Mountains.

 

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Uploaded on March 1, 2024
Taken on October 18, 2018