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noun - a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa
WITWATERSRAND - The Witwatersrand (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a 56-kilometre-long (35 mi), north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a...
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Aug 31 2003 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
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The Witwatersrand (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) 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 "ridge of white waters" in Afrikaans. This east-west-running scarp can be traced with only one short gap, from Bedfordview (about 10 km [6 mi] west of O.R. Tambo International Airport) in the east, through Johannesburg and Roodepoort, to Krugersdorp in the west (see the diagram at left below).The scarp forms the northern edge of a 7-to-10-kilometre-wide (46 mi) plateau (or ridge) which rises about 200 m (660 ft) above the surrounding plains of the Highveld. The entire plateau-like structure is also often called the Witwatersrand. The plateaus elevation above sea-level is between 1700 and 1800 metres (56005900 ft). * The Witwatersrand plateau forms a continental divide, with the run-o |