South Africa latitude 34.166667 longitude 18.375 The CapeFloristicRegion is a floristicregion located near the southern tip of South Africa . It is the only floristicregion of the Cape South African Floristic Kingdom , and includes only one floristic province , known as the CapeFloristic Province . The CapeFloristicRegion, the smallest of the six recognised Phytochorion floral kingdoms .... ref name Odendaal 2008 Thus, it is clear that the CapeFloristicRegion has both economic and intrinsic ... Wildlife Fund divides the Capefloristicregion into three ecoregion s, the Lowland fynbos and renosterveld ... the Capefloristicregion to be a biodiversity hotspot . World Heritage Site In 2004, the Cape ...Infobox World Heritage Site Name Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Image File Fynbos.jpg 200px Fynbos in the Western Cape State Party South Africa Type Natural Criteria ix, x ID 1007 Region List of World ... FloristicRegion number 12 Location and description The Region covers the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa in the Western Cape in the southwestern corner of the country, and extends eastward into the Eastern Cape , a transitional zone between the winter rainfall region to the west and the summer ... Fynbos in the Western Cape Most of the region is covered with fynbos , a sclerophyllous shrubland occurring ... CC BY 3.0 text from the reference ref name Odendaal 2008 reflist External links commonscat CapeFloristicRegionCapeFloristicRegionCape Floral http www.biodiversityhotspots.org xp Hotspots capefloristic Conservation International CapefloristicRegion biodiversity hotspot http www.biodiversityscience.org publications hotspots CapeFloristicRegion.html Conservation International CapefloristicRegion Hotspots revisited http www.capeaction.org.za index.php?C about&P 6 Cape Action the CapefloristicRegionfloristic regions World Heritage Sites in South Africa coord 34 10 00 S 18 22 30 E region ... floral do Cabo ru sr sv Cape Floral Region zh ... more details
of diversity here. The region possesses the greatest diversity of conifer s in the New World . The remaining ... as the alpine tundra above timberline. The region is subdivided further into the Vancouverian Province and Rocky Mountain Province. The Vancouverian Province comprises the coastal part of the region ... Province. Much of it is shared with the Canadian Province and the Circumboreal Region in general. floristic regions Bibliography Thorne, Robert F. http hua.huh.harvard.edu FNA Volume V01 .... 6. coord 53.75 126.12 dim 2500000 display title Category Floristic provinces Category Flora of the Western ... more details
Other uses Northern Region disambiguation Northern Region The Northern Region is one of the four regions of Eastern Cape in South Africa. Eastern Cape province coord missing South Africa Category Eastern Cape EasternCape geo stub ... more details
Other uses Western Region disambiguation Western Region The Western Region is one of the four regions of Eastern Cape in South Africa. Eastern Cape province coord missing South Africa Category Eastern Cape EasternCape geo stub ... more details
belong to the Cape Fear Council of Governments . The region is home to the Port of Wilmington ... of the North Carolina International Port in the region on the west bank of the Cape Fear River as an expansion of the Port of Wilmington. Three counties form the core of the Cape Fear region New Hanover ... December 2008 The Cape Fear region is situated on the Atlantic Coastal Plain . A large portion of the region ... Carolina coord 34.23 77.97 region US NC display title DEFAULTSORT Cape Fear Region Category Regions of North Carolina Category Cape Fear region Category Geography of New Hanover County, North Carolina ... thumb Counties included in the Cape Fear Council of Governments. For the Philadelphia Camden Wilmington metropolitan area Delaware Valley Cape Fear is a Atlantic Coastal Plain coastal plain and Tidewater geographic term tidewater region of North Carolina centered about the city of Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington . ref name historical http www.latimerhouse.org Lower Cape Fear Historical Society ref The region takes its name from the adjacent Cape Fear headland Cape Fear headland , as does the Cape Fear River which flows through the region and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape. Much of the region s populated areas are found along the Atlantic beaches and the Atlantic Intracoastal ... North Carolina Green Swamp . The general area can be also identified by the titles Lower Cape Fear ... and Columbus County, North Carolina Columbus , are occasionally included as part of the Cape Fear region, as are Duplin County, North Carolina Duplin , Onslow County, North Carolina Onslow , and Sampson ... of the rare habitats of the Venus Flytrap . The Cape Fear River and the Northeast Cape Fear River are the deeper prominent rivers that flow through the region, with minor rivers like Lockwood Folly ... Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization http www.capefearcog.org Cape Fear Council of Governments ... es Regi n de Cape Fear ... more details
such as Umtamvuna and Mkambati. About 900 forest and grassland species from the Wild Coast region ... The scenic beauty of the Wild Coast, coupled with its rich cultural heritage, make the region ideal ... about much needed investment and development that will benefit local communities and the region ... Albany Pages default.aspx Maputaland Pondoland Albany Eastern Cape province References Reflist Category Eastern Cape af Wildekus fr C te Sauvage Afrique nl Wildkust ... more details
floristic California Floristic Province , Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International Category Floristic provinces Category Madrean Region Category Plant communities of California Category ...Image CA floristic province.png thumb right California floristic province See Chaparral The California Floristic Province CFP is a floristic province with a Mediterranean climate located on the Pacific Coast of North America with a distinctive flora that bears similarities to floras found in other regions ... to the Madrean Region of the Holarctic Kingdom . With an area of 293,804 km , as defined by Conservation ... Region in the north. The boundary is vague and is not well defined. Many leading geobotanists .... 1, Ch. 6. ref The California Floristic Province is a world biodiversity hotspot as defined by Conservation ... approximately 8,000 plant species in the geographic region, and over 3,400 taxa limited to the CFP ... Floristic Province is one of the five biodiversity hotspots with Mediterranean climate s, and it is characterized ... the coastal mountains south of Cape Blanco Oregon Cape Blanco and most of the Rogue River Oregon Rogue ... the region of the Sierra in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe , with the eastern border with the Great ... , in the rainshadow of these ranges, typically desert . Cismontane region Coastal Strand same in Munz ... region Montane Coniferous Forest Yellow Pine in Munz Montane Chaparral not in Munz Sierra Nevada subalpine ... Forest Montane Meadow not in Munz Alpine Fell field same in Munz Transmontane region Pinyon Juniper ... and urban expansion are encroaching upon remaining habitat s in the California Floristic Province. Commercial farming in the region generates half of all agricultural products consumed by the United ... California Native Plants Madrean Region References reflist Further reading Ornduff, R., Faber, P ... Press http www.nmnh.si.edu botany projects cpd na na16.htm California Floristic Province ... Category Holarctic nl California Floristic Province ... more details
floristic kingdom is subdivided into four floristic regions, and subdivided even further into sixteen floristic province s. Most of the provinces lie within, or very near the Antarctic convergence zone. Fernandezian Region often included within the Neotropical Kingdom Endemic family Lactoridaceae ... Province Argentina Chile Patagonian Region File Lapageria rosea.jpg thumb upright Lapageria rosea ... Region File Whautree01.jpg thumb right Entelea arborescens , Auckland , New Zealand Endemic ... eb topic 27020 Antarctic kingdom Encyclop dia Britannica floristic regions Category Floristic ... more details
The Cape may refer to Places Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command s 45th Space Wing Cape Cod , a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts Cape of Good Hope , a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa Television The Cape 1996 TV series The Cape 1996 TV series , an American dramatic TV series The Cape 2011 TV series The Cape 2011 TV series , an American superhero drama TV series disambiguation es The cape pt The Cape ... more details
, see Region disambiguation . Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics ... is a term used in environmental geography , cultural region in cultural geography , bioregion in biogeography ... s, drainage basin s, natural region s, mountain range s, soil type s. Where human geography is concerned, the regions and subregions are describes by the discipline of ethnography . A region has ... distinct boundaries. Oceanic division into maritime region s are used in conjunction with the relationship ... aim is to understand or define the uniqueness or character of a particular region, which consists ... .The Paleogeographic region is also where paleontologist find answers in history. Regions in human ... the study of human history as it relates to places and Historical region regions , or, inversely ... colonization efforts, he defines and describes the Northwest European Atlantic Protestant Region ... England, an oceanic region that includes the Grand Banks . He rejects regions traditionally used in describing ... . Tourism region Main Tourism region A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated ... region or may have a name created for tourism purposes. The names often evoke certain positive ... region Natural resource regions Natural resource s often occur in distinct regions. Natural resource ... element of human geography and economic geography. A coal region, for example, is a physical or geomorphological region, but its development and exploitation can make it into an economic and a cultural region. Some examples of natural resource regions include the Rumaila Field , the oil field that lies along the border or Iraq and Kuwait and played a role in the Gulf War the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, which is a historical region as well as a cultural, physical, and natural resource region the South Wales Coalfield , which like Pennsylvania s coal region is a historical, cultural, and natural region the Kuznetsk Basin , a similarly important coal mining region in Russia Kryvbas , the economic ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A Region A is one of the four regions in Group A of the Virginia High School League . It is made up of four districts the A AA Eastern Shore District , the A Northern Neck District , the A Tidewater District and the A Tri Rivers District . All the schools in the region lie east of the Fall Line, which roughly extends from Washington, DC to Richmond, Virginia . Member schools Col start Col break Eastern Shore District Arcadia High School Virginia Arcadia High School , Oak Hall, Virginia The Firebirds Chincoteague High School , Chincoteague, Virginia The Ponies Nandua High School , Onley, Virginia The Warriors Northampton High School , Eastville, Virginia The Yellow Jackets Col break Northern Neck District Essex High School Virginia , Tappahannock, Virginia The Trojans Lancaster High School Virginia Lancaster High School , Lancaster, Virginia The Red Devils Northumberland High School , Heathsville, Virginia The Indians Rappahannock High School , Warsaw, Virginia The Raiders Washington & Lee High School , Montross, Virginia The Eagles Colonial Beach High School , Colonial Beach, Virginia The Drifters Col break Tidewater District King William High School , King William, Virginia The Cavaliers Middlesex High School , Saluda, Virginia The Chargers West Point High School Virginia West Point High School , West Point, Virginia The Pointers Mathews High School , Mathews, Virginia The Blue Devils King and Queen Central High School , King and Queen Courthouse, Virginia The Royal Tigers Col break Tri Rivers District Appomattox Regional Governor s School for the Arts And Technology , Petersburg, Virginia The Dragons Franklin High School Virginia Franklin High School , Franklin, Virginia The Broncos Surry County High School , Dendron, Virginia The Cougars Sussex Central High School , Sussex, Virginia The Tigers Charles City County High School , Charles City, Virginia The Panthers Windsor High School Virginia Windsor High School , Windsor, Virginia The Dukes ... more details
other uses Refimprove date December 2008 File Inverness cape 07Tac 401.jpg thumb upright 220px Inverness cape , a sleeveless topcoat, common with Highland dress Image Pelerine1911.jpg thumb right 220px A young woman in a crocheted cape A cape is any sleeveless outer garment , such as a poncho , but usually it is a long garment that covers only the back half of the wearer, fastening around the neck. Capes were common in medieval Europe , especially when combined with a Hood headgear hood in the Chaperon headgear chaperon , and have had periodic returns to fashion , for example, in nineteenth century Europe. Roman Catholic clergy wear a type of cape known as a ferraiolo , which is worn for formal events outside of a liturgical context. The cope is a liturgical vestment in the form of a cape. Capes are often highly decorated with elaborate embroidery. Capes remain in regular use as rain wear in various military units and police forces, for example in France. A gas cape was a voluminous military garment designed to give rain protection to someone wearing the bulky gas mask s used in twentieth century wars. In fashion, the word cape usually refers to a shorter garment and cloak to a full length version of the different types of garment, though the two terms are sometimes used synonymously for full length coverings. The fashion cape does not cover the front to any appreciable degree. In raingear, a cape is usually a long and roomy protective garment worn to keep one dry in the rain. In full Evening gown evening dress , lady ladies frequently use the cape as a fashion statement , or to protect the wearer or the fine Textile fabric s of their ballgown evening wear from the elements ..., and the Inverness coat both formal evening and working day variants had a cape. ref cite web author ... 04 17 ref The Inverness coat is no longer commonly worn, and the Ulster lost its cape in the 1920s ... Cape fi Keeppi sv K p ... more details
The Fernandezian Region is a FloristicRegion which includes two island groups, the Juan Fern ndez Islands and Desventuradas Islands archipelago es, that lie in the South Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Chile . It is in the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom , but often also included within the Neotropic ecozone Neotropical Kingdom . Endemism Endemic Family biology plant families include Lactoridaceae , with many endemic plant and animal genus genera are found here too. References references Takhtajan, Armen, 1986. Floristic Regions of the World . translated by T.J. Crovello & A. Cronquist . University of California Press, Berkeley. floristic regions coord missing Chile Category Floristic regions Category Ecoregions of Chile Category Flora of Chile Category Juan Fern ndez Islands Category Geography of Valpara so Region Category Phytogeography Category Ecoregions of South America Category Neotropic ecozone Chile geo stub ... more details
about the floristic province Capefloristicregion the marine biogeographic region of Australia Cape Province IMCRA region infobox historic subdivision Name Province of the Cape of Good Hope br Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop HQ Cape Town Status Provinces of South Africa Province of South Africa Origin Cape Colony Start 31 May 1910 End 31 May 1994 Replace Western Cape , Eastern Cape , Northern Cape , North West South African province North West Map File Map of the provinces of South Africa 1976 1994 with the Cape highlighted.svg 200px Image File Cape Provincial Arms.png 100px Arms Civic Motto Government Cape Provincial Council Divisions Districts DivisionsNames DivisionsMap CodeName Code The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ref South Africa Act, 1909 6 s South Africa Act, 1909 s6 Wikisource ref commonly referred to simply as the Cape Province was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa . It encompassed the old Cape Colony , and had Cape Town ... Cape Colony and other regions such as British Bechuanaland not to be confused with the Bechuanaland ... and Griqualand West area around Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley . This gave the Cape Province an area ... of the Union of South Africa the entire region now called South Africa was only four provinces Transvaal ... Free State and the Cape Province. During the apartheid apartheid era the country was chopped up into a number ... were declared independent of South Africa, after they were formerly part of the Cape Province. They were re incorporated into South Africa in 1994, both part of the new Eastern Cape province It was the only ... provinces the Western Cape , Eastern Cape and Northern Cape . Parts of the Cape Province were also ... References Reflist External links Wikisource1911Enc Cape Colony http uk.holidaysguide.yahoo.com p travelguide 45871 cape town history i A history of the Cape Province http www.national.archives.gov.za sources1.htm Archives kept at Cape Town SA1910Provinces coord missing South Africa Category History ... more details
Taxobox name Cape Grysbok status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group year 2008 id 19306 title Raphicerus melanotis downloaded 29 March 2009 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern. ref image Southafrica capegrysbok.jpg image caption Male, southern South Africa regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae genus Raphicerus species R. melanotis binomial Raphicerus melanotis binomial authority Thunberg , 1811 The Cape or southern grysbok Raphicerus melanotis is a small antelope that is endemic to the Western Caperegion of South Africa between Albany, South Africa Albany and the Cedarberg mountains . It has a rough, reddish sandy coat flecked in white. The head, neck and legs are less flecked and somewhat yellowish, while the inside of the ears, eye rings, mouth area, throat and underside are white. There is a black bridge to the nose and a dark scent gland in front of the eye. It stands only 21 45 55 cm at the shoulder and weighs slightly more than 20 pounds 8 12 kg . The tail of the Cape grysbok is almost invisible 4 8 cm . Males have short, sharp, straight horn anatomy horns about 8 cm long, which are smooth. The Cape grysbok can fluff out the fur at its rear end to make itself look bigger. It has a short and almost invisible tail. The Cape grysbok s native habitat is the Fynbos biome CapeFloristicRegion , and it inhabits thick shrubland. It can sometimes be found browsing orchards and vineyards. In the Cape Peninsula the grysbok can be found in urban edges close to human activity. It may also be found in reed beds and along the riverbed of the southern Karoo . The species is probably territorial sightings are mostly ... 6 months. They stay hidden and grow fast. The Cape grysbok is a browser. It can apparently go without ... about you.com GameCapeGrysbok.htm Photo of a Cape Grysbok Artiodactyla R.5 Category Dwarf antelopes ... more details
tridentata.JPG thumb right Young Larrea tridentata The Madrean Region named after the Sierra Madre Occidental is a floristicregion within the Holarctic Kingdom in North America , as delineated by Armen ... half of the species of the region are Endemism endemic to it according to Takhtajan. Floristic provinces The region is subdivided into four floristic provinces Great Basin Great Basin Province California Floristic Province Californian Province Sonoran Desert Sonoran Province Mexican Plateau Mexican ... parts of Baja California in Mexico . It possesses the most diverse flora within the floristicregion ... America , Vol. 1, Ch. 6. Category Madrean Region Category Floristic regions Category Phytogeography ... and northwestern Mexico and is bordered by the Rocky Mountain Region and North American Atlantic Region of the Holarctic Kingdom in the north and in the east, as well as by the Caribbean FloristicRegion Caribbean Region of the Neotropical Kingdom in the south. The Madrean Region is characterized ... Province is partially shared with the spatially distant Chile Patagonian Region of the Antarctic Kingdom and to a lesser extent Mediterranean Region of the Holarctic Kingdom . The vegetation ... , fall under the Rocky Mountain Region in Takhtajan and Thorne s system and don t make parts of the Madrean Region. Sonoran Province The Sonoran Province comprises arid areas in the southwestern ... Highlands Province comprises areas in the Mexican Plateau region, including Madrean pine oak ... Sky Islands mountain ranges floristic regions Bibliography Thorne, Robert F. http hua.huh.harvard.edu ... of the Chihuahuan Desert Category Flora of the Great Basin desert region Category Flora of the Rocky Mountains Category Flora of the Sierra Nevada region U.S. Category Flora of Arizona Category Flora ... more details
Biodiversity hotspot as well as the unique CapeFloristicRegion , the city of Cape Town has one of the highest ... pinpoint Cape Town City Hall City Hall coordinates type region ZA type city 4000000 coordinates ... Six, Cape Town District Six . After it was declared a whites only region in 1965, all housing ...&itemsPerPage 10®ion world title BBC Weather & 124 Cape Town publisher BBC News date 2010 01 29 ... FloristicRegion . In 2004 this Region, including Kirstenbosch, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage ... 17106 official name Cape Town native name lang af Kaapstad br lang xh iKapa nickname The Mother ... Cape Town Montage.png imagesize 280px image caption Top V&A Waterfront . Centre left Cape Town City Hall . Centre right City Bowl Central Cape Town . Middle left Simon s Town . Middle right Bo Kaap historical Cape Malays Malay quarter. Bottom Table Mountain as seen from Bloubergstrand . image flag Flag of Cape Town.svg image seal Capetown coa.jpg seal size city logo citylogo size image map OpenStreetMap Cape Town small.svg mapsize map caption The Cape Town metropolitan area image map1 Map of the Western Cape with Cape Town highlighted.svg mapsize map caption1 Location in the Western Cape pushpin map South Africa pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption Location in South Africa coordinates region ... Africa Province subdivision name1 Western Cape subdivision type2 Municipalities of South Africa Municipality subdivision name2 City of Cape Town government footnotes ref cite web url http www.capetown.gov.za clusters viewarticle3.asp?conid 12705 title Achmat Ebrahim is the new city manager of Cape Town accessdate 25 March 2007 last Pollack first Martin date 31 May 2006 publisher City of Cape ... municipality leader title Mayor of Cape Town Mayor leader name Patricia de Lille leader party Democratic Alliance South Africa DA leader title1 Council leader name1 Cape Town City Council leader title2 ... RUS website http www.capetown.gov.za www.CapeTown.gov.za Cape Town lang af Kaapstad lang xh iKapa is the second ... more details
TOCright Cape Fear may refer to Geography Cape Fear headland , a promontory of the coast of North Carolina in the United States, the original source of the name Cape Fear region , region of North Carolina surrounding Wilmington, North Carolina, adjacent to the actual capeCape Fear River , a river that empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape Northeast Cape Fear River , a river that splits from the Cape Fear River Cape Fear Indians , an Indian tribe that lived along the Cape Fear River Education Cape Fear Academy Cape Fear High School Cape Fear Christian Academy Entertainment Cape Fear 1962 film Cape Fear 1962 film , a 1962 film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum Cape Fear 1991 film Cape Fear 1991 film , a 1991 remake of the original, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte Cape Fear album Cape Fear album , a 2007 album by Canadian indie rock group Germans Cape Feare , a 1993 episode of The Simpsons based on the films Sports Cape Fear Crocs , a former minor league baseball team South Georgia Wildcats , an indoor football team in Arena Football 2 previously known as the Cape Fear Wildcats disambig da Cape Fear de Cape Fear es Cape Fear fr Cape Fear it Cape Fear nl Cape Fear no Cape Fear pl Cape Fear ru sk Mys hr zy tr Cape Fear film ... more details
almost exclusively endemic to the province, namely the CapefloristicregionCape Floral Kingdom , most ..., to rocky to steep and mountainous in places. The Western Cape is also the southernmost region of the African ... Promotion Agency Western Cape Province Provinces of South Africa coord 34 S 20 E region ZA ... for additional fields and descriptions name Western Cape official name The Province of the Western Cape native name lang af Wes Kaap af icon br lang xh Ntshona Koloni xh icon settlement type ... of the Western Cape.svg shield link Coat of arms of the Western Cape motto Spes Bona Good Hope maps and coordinates image map Western Cape in South Africa.svg mapsize map alt Map showing the location of the Western Cape in the south western part of South Africa map caption Location of the Western Cape in South Africa location subdivision type Country subdivision name flag South Africa established ... type Capital seat Cape Town parts type Districts of South Africa Districts parts 6 p1 City of Cape Town p2 West Coast District Municipality West Coast p3 Cape Winelands District Municipality Cape Winelands ... title Premier of the Western Cape Premier leader name Helen Zille area area footnotes ref cite book ... footnotes The Western Cape is a Provinces of South Africa province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town . Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger and now defunct Cape Province . Prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, it was called the Cape Colony see the History of Cape Colony . Geography File Road map of the Western Cape with towns.svg right thumb Map of the Western Cape The Western Cape is roughly L shaped, extending north and east from the Cape of Good Hope , the southwestern corner ... Cape and on the east by the Eastern Cape . The total land area of the province is convert 129462 km2 ... Western Cape Olifants Rivers are major rivers of the province. The capital is Cape Town and other ... more details
refimprove date March 2009 Image Floristic regions in Europe english .png thumb right Floristic regions in Europe according to Wolfgang Frey and Rainer L sch Image Epilobe feuilles etroites 01.jpg thumb right Epilobium angustifolium Image Vaccinium vitis idaea 20060824 003.jpg thumb right Vaccinium vitis idaea Image Betula nana upernavik kujalleq 2007 07 25 1.jpg thumb right Betula nana in Greenland Image Alnus viridis leaves.JPG thumb right Alnus viridis The Circumboreal Region is a floristicregion within the Holarctic Kingdom in Eurasia and North America , as delineated by such geobotanists as Josias Braun Blanquet and Armen Takhtajan . It is the largest floristicregion in the world by area, comprising most of Canada , Alaska , Europe , Caucasus and Russia , as well as North Anatolia as the southernmost part of the region and parts of northern New England , Michigan , and Minnesota . Northern portions of the region include polar desert, taiga ref C.Michael Hogan. 2011 ref and tundra biomes. Many geobotanists divide the Eurasian and North American areas into two distinct regions. The continents, however, share much of their boreal flora e.g. Betula nana , Alnus viridis , Vaccinium vitis idaea , Arctostaphylos uva ursi . The flora was severely impoverished during glaciation s in the Pleistocene . The region is bordered by Eastern Asiatic Region Eastern Asiatic , North American Atlantic Region North American Atlantic , Rocky Mountain Region Rocky Mountain , Mediterranean Region Mediterranean and Irano Turanian Region s. There are no biological family biology families endemism endemic to this region, but it has endemic genus genera e.g. Lunaria , Borodinia , Gorodkovia , Redowskia .... Floristic provinces It is subdivided into a number of floristic provinces . Their delineation ... of North America North of Mexico . Flora of North America , Vol. 1, Ch. 6. floristic regions Category Floristic regions Category Holarctic Category Arctic flora Category Flora of Subarctic Europe Category ... more details
File Satellite image of Cape peninsula.jpg thumb 350px Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation by NASA , showing the Cape Peninsula and Cape of Good Hope , South Africa in the foreground. http photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov catalog PIA04961 File CapeHopePeninsulaMap.png thumb Map showing the Cape Peninsula, illustrating the positions of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point and Cape Town . File Agulhas Map.jpg thumb right Map showing the locations of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas . File Cape of Good Hope Zaian 2008 .JPG thumb The Cape of Good Hope looking towards the west, from the coastal cliffs above Cape Point. File Atlantic ocean cape peninsula.jpg thumb One of the picturesque beaches of the Cape Peninsula. The green waters belong to the Atlantic Ocean. The Cape Peninsula lang af Kaapse Skiereiland ... of the Africa n continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope . On the northern end is Table Mountain , overlooking Cape Town , South Africa . The peninsula is 52km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south. ref 1 250,000 Geological Series map 3318 Cape Town, Government Printer, Pretoria, 1990. ref The peninsula was once an island ... of the sandy area now known as the Cape Flats . The towns and villages of the Cape Peninsula now form part of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality . The Cape of Good Hope is sometimes given ... Organization agreement that defines the ocean boundaries, the meeting point is at Cape Agulhas ... ref Similarly, Cape Point is not the fixed meeting point of the Benguela Current , running ... Cape coast, usually occurring between Cape Agulhas and Cape Point. References reflist Commons category Cape Peninsula Western Cape Province coord 34.205 S 18.404 E region ZA display title Category Geography of Cape Town Category Peninsulas of South Africa WesternCape geo stub af Kaapse ... del Capo nl Kaapse Schiereiland ja no Cape halv ya pl P wysep Przyl dkowy pt ... more details
Image Cape Point.jpg thumb right Cape Point. The peak on the horizon across False Bay is Cape Hangklip English literal translation Cape Hanging Rock Image Vladimir Putin in South Africa 5 6 September 2006 19.jpg thumb Then President of Russia Vladimir Putin at Cape Point in September 2006. Cape Point is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula , which is a mountainous and scenic landform ... n continent in the Republic of South Africa . Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town are close to the northern extremity of the same peninsula. The cape is located at coord 34 21 26 S 18 29 51 E display inline,title region ZA type landmark , about 2.3 kilometres 1.4 mi east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope on the southwest corner. ref http sagns.dac.gov.za intranet ApplicationMap.asp?MapState 34357222 18497500 40000&buttonCommand ZoomIn&mapFromApp Topo map of Cape Point ... are very well known, neither cape is actually the southernmost point in Africa that is Cape Agulhas ... thumb left Map showing the Cape Peninsula , illustrating the positions of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. The peak above Cape Point is higher than that above the Cape of Good Hope . The rugged sandstone Table Mountain sandstone ridge that rises from Cape Point at sea level develops into two ..., the Portuguese liner SS Lusitania Lusitania was wrecked just south of Cape Point at coord 34 23 22 S 18 29 23 E type isle region ZA on Bellows Rock for precisely this reason, prompting the relocation ... to the South. The light of the new Cape Point lighthouse is the most powerful on the South African ... flash. ref http www.sa venues.com attractionswc cape point.htm Cape Point Attractions Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa , from South Africa Explored ref Cape Point is situated within the Table Mountain National Park , within a section of the Park referred to as Cape of Good Hope. This section covers the whole of the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula and which takes in perhaps 20 of its total ... more details
Cape Kater coor dm 63 46 S 59 54 W is a cape fringed by rocks, marking the west side of the entrance to Charcot Bay on the west coast of Graham Land . This coast was sketched by a British expedition 1828 31, under Foster, who named a cape in this region after Captain Henry Kater , a member of the committee which planned the expedition. This region was more fully mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition , 1901 04, under Nordenskjold, who gave the name Cape Gunnar to this cape. The name Kater perpetuates the earlier naming. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Kater, Cape Category Headlands of Graham Land Category Davis Coast GrahamLand geo stub pt Cabo Kater ... more details
Cape Crawford is a location in the Northern Territory . Image Cape crawford location map in Northern Territory.PNG thumb 200px right Location of Cape Crawford in Northern Territory red Cape Crawford , 100 kilometres south west of Borroloola in the Northern Territory in Australia , is surrounded by savannah woodland, rock escarpments, waterfalls and waterholes. From here it is possible to organise a helicopter ride over the lost city large sandstone outcrops and formations formed 1.4 billion years ago of the Limmen National Park. Image Lost City Cape Crawford6768.jpg 200px right Lost City br Cape Crawford See also Katherine, Northern Territory Borroloola Protected areas of the Northern Territory Australia External links http www.travelnt.com en explore katherine region gulf region.htm Cape crawford Region Tourism Site http www.capecrawfordtourism.com.au Cape Crawford Tourism coord 16 40 0.00 S 135 48 0.00 E display title Category Visitor attractions in the Northern Territory NorthernTerritory geo stub de Cape Crawford ... more details
id toc cellspacing 10 style margin 0 0 2em 2em float right Regions align center Northern Region disambiguation Northern align center Western Region disambiguation Western align center Central Region disambiguation Central align center Eastern Region disambiguation Eastern align center Southern Region disambiguation Southern The Western Region or West Region may refer to Western Region, Bahrain Western Region, Eastern Cape , South Africa Western Region, Ghana Western Region, Nepal Western Region, Serbia Western Region, Uganda Western Region, Nigeria former Western Region of British Railways Western Region Boy Scouts of America , one of the large geographic divisions of the Boy Scouts of America Western Regions , a historic name for central Asia Western Region Football League , an Australian rules football semi professional league West Region, Cameroon West Region, Ireland West Region, Singapore See also Western country subdivision to see other types geodis de Western Region it Regione Occidentale pt Regi o Oeste ... more details
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