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Western Cape,
South Africa. The town of
Nelspoort lies at the foot of the
Nuweveld Mountains, 50
kilometres north-east of
Beaufort West on an old section...
- junction. From
Fraserburg it
heads south-south-east. It p****es
through the
Nuweveld Mountains via the T****loof P**** and then
enters the
Western Cape. The route...
-
reach the
Karoo National Park. It then
enters the
Molteno P****
through the
Nuweveld Mountains. Just
before reaching Loxton, the
route crosses into the Northern...
- high-lying, 1,200–1,900
metres (3,900–6,200 ft), in the
Roggeveld and
Nuweveld districts. The west
coast is
dominated by the
Namaqualand region, famous...
- semi-desert area
covers an area of 750
square kilometres (290 sq mi). The
Nuweveld portion of the
Great Escarpment runs
through the Park. It is therefore...
- town of Fraserburg, 115
kilometres (71 mi) to the north-west over the
Nuweveld Mountains. A
small town grew
around this station, with a
church and school...
-
Topography of the
Western Cape. The
Roggeveld and
Nuweveld mountains are part of the
Great Escarpment (see
diagrams below). The
other mountain ranges belong...
- and
forms part of an
escarpment between the
Roggeveld Mountains and the
Nuweveld Mountains; at 45 km long, the
Komsberg stretches from
Verlatenkloof P****...
- Beaufort-West
itself (1949). The
first migrant farmers moved into the Koup and the
Nuweveld in 1760, with the
first farms laid out in the
district of
Beaufort West...
- the
Karoo railway track, a
lifeline during the
South African War. The
Nuweveld Mountains near
Beaufort West The
Lower Karoo The
Valley of
Desolation near...