Witwatersrand
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witwatersrand-178-10725713
title:
Witwatersrand
text:
The Witwatersrand is a 56-kilometre-long (35 mi), north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which account for the name Witwatersrand, meaning 'white water ridge' in Afrikaans. This east-west-running scarp can be traced with only one short gap, from Bedfordview in the east, through Johannesburg and Roodepoort, to Krugersdorp in the west. The scarp forms the northern edge of a 7-
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Ridge of erosion-resistant rock in South Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witwatersrand
date created:
2003-08-17T23:35:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T17:27:36Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16