Hottentots Holland Mountains

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mountain range natural barrier

The Hottentots Holland Mountains are a rugged mountain range in the Western Cape of South Africa, forming a prominent natural barrier between the Cape Town metropolitan area and the interior winelands.

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Label Occurrences
Hottentots-Holland Mountains 3
Hottentots Holland Mountains canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
natural barrier ⓘ
biodiversityStatus biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
crossedBy Franschhoek Pass ⓘ
Sir Lowry's Pass ⓘ
drainageTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
ecoregion fynbos ⓘ
surface form: Fynbos biome
feature river gorges ⓘ
rocky peaks ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
forms prominent natural barrier between Cape Town metropolitan area and interior winelands ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Cape Town metropolitan area and interior winelands ⓘ
geology Table Mountain Sandstone ⓘ
hasSnowInWinter occasionally ⓘ
highestPoint Somerset Sneeukop ⓘ
highestPointElevation 1590 metres ⓘ
importance scenic landscape of Western Cape ⓘ
watershed for surrounding agricultural areas ⓘ
knownFor deep valleys ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
languageOfName Dutch ⓘ
locatedEastOf Cape Town ⓘ
locatedIn Western Cape ⓘ
locatedNear Cape Town ⓘ
managedBy CapeNature ⓘ
near Franschhoek ⓘ
Grabouw ⓘ
Somerset West ⓘ
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Cape Floral Region Protected Areas ⓘ
surface form: Cape Floristic Region

Cape Fold Belt ⓘ
Cape Fold Belt ⓘ
surface form: Cape Fold Mountains
protectedBy Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve ⓘ
receives winter rainfall ⓘ
region Southwestern Cape ⓘ
separates Greater Cape Town ⓘ
surface form: Cape Town metropolitan area

Cape Winelands landscape ⓘ
surface form: Cape Winelands
usedFor ecotourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
vegetation fynbos ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Cape Flats → borderedBy → Hottentots Holland Mountains ⓘ
Franschhoek Mountains → locatedNear → Hottentots Holland Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hottentots-Holland Mountains
Drakenstein Mountains → adjacentTo → Hottentots Holland Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hottentots-Holland Mountains
Cape Fold Belt → contains → Hottentots Holland Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hottentots-Holland Mountains