The city of Bloemfontein is located on a plateau about 1,400 meters high on the edge of the semi-arid region of the Karoo. Bloemfontein therefore has a semi-arid climate characterized by hot summer days with rains that occur through frequent afternoon thunderstorms and by fresh and dry winter days. The climate in Bloemfontein has cold […]
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The city of Bloemfontein is located on a plateau about 1,400 meters high. This city is the capital of the Free State province and also the judicial capital of South Africa. The city was founded in 1846. Between 1854 and 1902 it was the capital of the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat). The Orange Free State […]
Augrabies Falls National Park is located 120 km west of the city of Upington in the Northern Cape region of South Africa. The park, which was established in 1966, occupies an area of 55,383 hectares along the course of the Orange River. At this point the Orange forms wild waterfalls almost 60 meters high and […]
Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point of the African continent. This is in fact not the Cape of Good Hope, as is often mistakenly believed. The southernmost point of Africa is located at a latitude of 34°49’58″ south and a longitude of 20°00’12’’east. A small monument marks the exact point. Here also the waters of […]
South Africa has a temperate type of climate. South Africa’s climate varies according to distance from the sea, altitude and the presence of hot and cold sea currents. These currents are cold, along the coast washed by the Atlantic ocean, and are warm, along the coast washed by the Indian ocean. Most of the interior […]
South Africa is often referred to as the world in a country, and this is really true, the variety of landscapes, places and populations is truly impressive. South Africa has unique tourist attractions. The country has typical African environments, but also areas very similar to old Europe. But also mountain scenarios like in the Drakensberg […]
South Africa (Republic of South Africa/Republiek van Suid-Afrika) is a republic in Southern Africa, washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean to the west and by those of the Indian Ocean to the east. To the north it borders with Botswana, to the northwest with Namibia, to north-east with Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho […]
The climate of Zimbabwe is tropical, temperate by altitude, with two very different seasons, a cool and dry season from April to October and a rainy, hot and humid, season from November to March. The areas of the country exposed towards the Indian Ocean are the wettest, particularly in the mountains along the border with […]
Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) is a presidential republic in southern Africa, formerly the British colony of South Rhodesia, which was ruled by a white minority until 1980. The country’s capital is the city of Harare, formerly known by the name of Salisbury. Zimbabwe is bordered to the north by Zambia, to the east by Mozambique, […]
Tunisia has three types of climate: Mediterranean climate in its northern area, semi-arid climate in the central regions and desertic climate in the far south. A CLIMATE THAT CHANGES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE TO THE DESERT CLIMATE The north of Tunisia has a typical Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild and rainy winters. In […]
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Tunisia: desert, history and archeology
Tunisia (Al-Jumhūrīya at-Tūnusīya/Republic of Tunisia) is a presidential republic in North Africa. The country is washed in the east and north by the Mediterranean Sea and is bordered to the south-east by Libya, to the south-west and west by Algeria. THE GEOGRAPHY OF TUNISIA The north of the country is characterized by the eastern foothills […]
Praslin, with an area of 44 sq km, is the second largest island in the Seychelles. This island is located 40 km north-west of Mahé. It can be reached from Mahé with only 15 minutes by air flight, or 3 hours by boat. Most of Praslin is covered in tropical forest. The island has 5,000 […]
La Digue (10 sq km) is the fourth largest island in the Seychelles archipelago. About 2,000 inhabitants live on this island. The island owes its name to the sailing ship of the French commander Marion Dufresne who landed on the island in 1768. The island of La Digue is located just 6 km south-west of […]
Located in the western Indian ocean, the Seychelles islands are located just south of the equator, and have an equatorial / tropical climate. The temperatures undergo minimal seasonal variations but are mitigated by the breath of the monsoon winds. These winds also affect humidity and rainfall. The Seychelles have two seasons: when the north-west monsoon […]
The Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles/République des Seychelles/Repiblik Sesel) are an archipelago made up of islands located in the Indian Ocean. They are located to the east of the East African coast and to the north of Madagascar. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEYCHELLES The most important of the archipelagoes is the Seychelles archipelago, made up of […]