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Drakensberg Range

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Drakensberg Range , South Africa and Lesotho, extending 700 mi (1,127 km) NE-SW in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Free State, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga. The Zulu name of the range is Ukhahlamba [barrier of spears]. Thabana-Ntlenyana (11,425 ft/3,482 m), in Lesotho, is the highest point in the range and in S Africa. The mountains are part of the escarpment that forms the southern edge of the central plateau of Africa. Thousands of San rock paintings, some 3,000 years old, are found in Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park. Author not available, DRAKENSBERG RANGE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth... Read more

Drakensberg
Zulu Kwathlamba Mountain range, southern Africa. It rises to more than 11,400 ft (3,475 m) and extends from southwest...lower lands along the coast. It is an area of many game reserves and national parks. Drakensberg Drakensberg Drakensberg Read more

Pietermaritzburg
, city (1991 pop. 228,549), cocapital (with Ulundi ) of KwaZulu-Natal, E South Africa, in the foothills of the Drakensberg Range. The city is an administrative and industrial center. Its products include wattle bark extract, furniture, footwear... Read more

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	Drakensberg offers incredible hikes and sights.(Entertainment) ; ...its myth and allure, the Drakensberg can be an intimidating prospect...marked, well mapped and range from scenic hour-long strolls...Bristow in Best Walks of the Drakensberg. Entry to the national park...sites in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, with tens of thousands...KwaZulu-Natal, particularly ... Read more
	Reflections of the past; Mary Corrigall tries to relive a childhood holiday in the Drakensberg.(Life) ; ...were my memories of the Drakensberg Sun Hotel, where I spent...drive from Jo'burg to the Drakensberg Sun Hotel, which is situated...Park, in the northern Drakensberg region, we opted for the...peaks of the majestic Drakensberg mountain range that came into view as...escarpment of the ... Read more
	Our future lies in these mountains; Much of the life-giving water that sustains Gauteng and large areas of KwaZulu-Natal comes from the Maloti-Drakensberg catchment area. It is essential that protective policies are put in place to limit growing pressure on the land.(News) ; ...the ideals of the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation...safeguarding this mountain range. Several hundred kilometres...Gauteng comes from the Maloti-Drakensberg catchment area, says Kevan...heavily on this mountain range for water, which arrives...senior planner of the ... Read more
	Accelerator radiocarbon dating of Natal Drakensberg paintings: results and implications. ; ...picture of hunter-gatherer history in the Natal Drakensberg which, for the most part, dates from about 8000...date the Natal [TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE 1 OMITTED] Drakensberg paintings directly through paper chromatographic...possible to establish a joint project in the Natal Drakensberg (Watchman 1993). To ... Read more
	Encounters with the Dragon; Durban photographer John Hone has put together a book of spectacular photographs of the scenic Drakensberg-Ukhahlamba mountains.(News) ; ...comes to capturing spectacular landscape shots in the Drakensberg-uKhahlamba mountains, Durban photographer John Hone has...and harbour in the foreground - with the snow-capped Drakensberg clearly visible 160km away on the horizon. The visibility...he hoped copies of the book would be given to a wide ... Read more
	Chilling Out; in the southern Drakensberg.(Travel) ; ...farmers burn the grass so that the fire smoke embraces the Drakensberg in an ethereal, mysterious haze. The big plus, of course, is...the lake. In the far distance the grandeur of the Swartberg range, dominated by the St. Bernard's Peak, was mirrored in the still... Read more
	Book offers a new picture of the Berg.(News) ; ...to write a book on the Drakensberg. Equally relevant is his...of Tracks in a Mountain Range, which he has written...archaeology and rock art in the Drakensberg. Wright and Mazel have...shelters in the northern Drakensberg while doing research on...were coming out on the Drakensberg, Wright ... Read more
	Giant's; THE view from the top.(Travel) ; ...I was in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park I roughed it, carrying...Cowl, Ndedema region of the Drakensberg, experiencing the basics of life and doing the Drakensberg the hard way. This time...and parapets of the main range, with Giant's Castle, peaking...seeming to bring the main range to ... Read more
	Twitcher'streat.(Lifestyle) ; ...last time I was in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park I roughed it, carrying all I...Monk's Cowl, Ndedema region of the Drakensberg, experiencing the basics of life and doing the Drakensberg the hard way. This time I was doing...buttresses and parapets of the main range, with Giant's Castle, peaking ... Read more
	Where to stay.(Entertainment) ; ...Cathedral Peak Reserve in the Northern Drakensberg. There's a range of accommodation, from simple...internet facility and organise a wide range of day trips. Tel 036 438 6675...Southern Berg. Accommodation options range from dorms (R90 a person) to double... Read more

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