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"There are only two major rivers in South Africa: the Limpopo, a stretch of which is shared with Zimbabwe, and the Orange (with its tributary, the Vaal) which runs with a variable flow across the central landscape from east to west, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at the Namibian border."

Geography Fun Facts: -1/8th the size of the United States -Two times the size of France -Three times the size of Germany -The largest city in South Africa is Johannesburg  <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">-The Drakensburg Mountains are the highest is South Africa <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: inherit;">** Capital: ** Pretoria (administrative capital), Bloemfontein (judiciary), and Cape Town (legislative) =====

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: inherit;">** Coastline: ** 1,738 miles (2,798 km)
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: inherit;">**Physical Features:** <span style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit;"> <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: inherit;"> "South Africa's terrain consists of a vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and a narrow coastal plain. Its lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean at 0 m, the highest point is Njesuthi at 3,408 m."

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Climate: <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Temperate climate <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans on three sides <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Winters are between June and August <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> The coldest place in South Africa is Sutherland The deep interior has the hottest temperatures <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Islands, P. E., & Ocean., n. 2. (n.d.). South Africa's geography - SouthAfrica.info. //South Africa's official gateway investment, travel, country information - SouthAfrica.info//. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from http://www.southafrica.info/about/geography/geography.htm

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">South Africa. (n.d.). //Wikipedia//. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa#Geography_and_environment

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">South Africa - The Geography and History of South Africa. (n.d.). //Geography Home Page - Geography at About.com//. Retrieved December 11, 2011, from http://geography.about.com/od/southafricamaps/a/southafrica.htm

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