Drakensberg Mountains

E100427
mountain range national park natural region

The Drakensberg Mountains are a dramatic mountain range in Southern Africa known for their towering basalt cliffs, rich biodiversity, and significant cultural and archaeological sites.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Drakensberg Mountains canonical 23
Drakensberg 16
Drakensberg escarpment 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
national park ⓘ
natural region ⓘ
contains uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park ⓘ
surface form: uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
country Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
drainageDivideFor Atlantic Ocean watershed ⓘ
Indian Ocean coastline ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ocean watershed
elevation 3482 metres ⓘ
extendsInto Lesotho ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
geologicalComposition basalt ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteType rock shelters ⓘ
hasBiodiversity endemic animal species ⓘ
endemic plant species ⓘ
hasClimate montane climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage San rock art ⓘ
hasDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasFeature deep valleys ⓘ
escarpment ⓘ
high plateaus ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Thabana Ntlenyana ⓘ
highestPointElevation 3482 metres ⓘ
knownAs uKhahlamba ⓘ
Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
surface form: uKhahlamba-Drakensberg
knownFor climbing ⓘ
dramatic scenery ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
towering basalt cliffs ⓘ
languageOfName Afrikaans ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Cape ⓘ
Free State ⓘ
KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
nameMeaning Dragon Mountains ⓘ
partOf Great Escarpment of southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: Great Escarpment

Drakensberg Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maloti-Drakensberg region
popularFor ecotourism ⓘ
mountain sports ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInscriptionYear 2000 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType mixed (cultural and natural) ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Africa → hasSubregion → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park → biodiversityHotspot → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg Alpine Region
KwaZulu-Natal → hasMountainRange → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal → knownFor → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg mountains
Natal → hasMountainRange → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Crossing of the Drakensberg → location → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Crossing of the Drakensberg → mountainRangeCrossed → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg mountains
Highveld → borderedBy → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Afromontane forests → foundIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Aquila verreauxii → distribution → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Ladysmith → near → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Newcastle, Natal → locatedNear → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg mountains
Estcourt → locatedNear → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Natalia Republic → borderedBy → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Orange River → sourceLocation → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Vaal River → sourceRegion → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Battle of Laing's Nek → geographicalContext → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg region
Mosotho → associatedWith → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maloti Mountains
Thabana Ntlenyana → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Thabana Ntlenyana → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maloti Mountains
Thabana Ntlenyana → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg range
Thabana Ntlenyana → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maloti-Drakensberg mountains
Thabana Ntlenyana → range → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Thabana Ntlenyana → highestPointOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Thabana Ntlenyana → SOIUSAClassification → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg / Maloti Mountains (regional classification)
Drakensberg Mountains → knownAs → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: uKhahlamba-Drakensberg
Drakensberg Mountains → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maloti-Drakensberg region
Royal Natal National Park → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Royal Natal National Park → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg escarpment
Royal Natal National Park → region → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Drakensberg
Panorama Route → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg escarpment
God’s Window → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg escarpment
God’s Window → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Drakensberg region
Blyde River Canyon → near → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg Escarpment
Blyde River Canyon → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Monk’s Cowl area → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Monk’s Cowl area → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Drakensberg
Tugela Falls headwaters → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Barrier of Spears → refersTo → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Barrier of Spears → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg mountain range
Barrier of Spears → partOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern African Drakensberg system
Giants Castle Game Reserve → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Giants Castle Game Reserve → locatedOn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg escarpment
Giants Castle Game Reserve → hasViewOf → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg escarpment cliffs
Great Escarpment of southern Africa → hasPart → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Great Escarpment of southern Africa → near → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lesotho Highlands
Cathedral Peak Nature Reserve → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Mafadi → locatedIn → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drakensberg
Mafadi → mountainRange → Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ