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SOUTH AFRICA. INTERESTING FACTS. Erika Vojtková, Kristína Birnšteinová, Daša Kovářová, III.E. 1. TABLE MOUNTAIN. flat-topped mountain Cape Town in South Africa Table Mountain National Park Hiking 2 hours. The Vredefort dome is the oldest meteor scar Average 300 km - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SOUTH AFRICAINTERESTING FACTS
Erika Vojtková, Kristína Birnšteinová, Daša Kovářová, III.E
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1. TABLE MOUNTAIN• flat-topped mountain• Cape Town in South Africa• Table Mountain National Park• Hiking 2 hours
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The Vredefort dome• is the oldest meteor scar • Average 300 km• Free State Province • UNESCO
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2. FAST ANIMALS• 3 of the 5 fastest land animals
live in South Africa1. Cheetah – 98 km/h2. Antelope – 97 km/h3. Lion – 80 km/h4. Thomson's gazelle - 80 km/h5. Wildebeest – 80 km/h
98 km/h
64 km/h
80 km/h
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Languages of South Africa• eleven official languages• : Afrikaans, English, Ndebele,
Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu
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3. BLYDE RIVER CANYON• 25 km in length • 750 m deep• highest point Mariepskop: 1,• 3th largest canyon in the world• the largest green canyon in the world
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Route 62• is the longest wine route in the world• 850km long • from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth
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4. THE ROVOS RAIL
• one of the World's Top 25 Trains• excellent accommodation, public spaces, service, dining and
off-train sightseeing• train-hotel • from South Africa to Namibia and Tanzania
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Largest Fauna• The largest bird – the ostrich, the largest land
mammal – the elephant, the tallest creature – giraffe, the largest fish – whale shark, the largest antelope – eland, the fastest land mammal – cheetah
• third in bio-diversity