Cape Fold Belt

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The Cape Fold Belt is a mountain range system in southwestern South Africa characterized by folded sedimentary rocks and dramatic parallel ridges formed during the Paleozoic–Mesozoic era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range system
orogenic belt
age_Ma ca. 300
biodiversityStatus global biodiversity hotspot
boundedBy Karoo
surface form: Karoo Basin
characterizedBy east–west trending ranges
folded sedimentary rocks
parallel mountain ridges
climate Mediterranean climate in western sector
temperate oceanic climate in eastern sector
composedOf Bokkeveld Group
Table Mountain Group
Witteberg Group
contains Cederberg Mountains
Hex River Mountains
Hottentots Holland Mountains
surface form: Hottentots-Holland Mountains

Langeberg
Outeniqua Mountains
Swartberg
country South Africa
drainagePattern antecedent rivers cutting through folds
easternExtent Eastern Cape
surface form: Port Elizabeth region
economicUse tourism
viticulture
erosionalRemnantOf Cape orogen
extendsAlong southern coast of South Africa
western coast of South Africa
formedBy compressional tectonics
continental collision
geologicalPeriod Mesozoic Era
surface form: Mesozoic era

Paleozoic era
highestPeak Seweweekspoortpiek
highestPeakElevation_m 2325
influencedFormationOf Karoo Basin
locatedIn southwestern South Africa
namedAfter Cape of Good Hope
near Cape Town
notableRiverGorges Meiringspoort
Seweweekspoort
Tradouw Pass
orogeny Cape Orogeny
partOf Cape orogen
rockType sedimentary rock
separatedFrom Great Escarpment of southern Africa
tectonicSetting southern margin of Gondwana
underlies Cape Supergroup
vegetationBiome Fynbos
westernExtent Cederberg Mountains

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Karoo borders Cape Fold Belt
Cederberg Wilderness Area locatedIn Cape Fold Belt
Riviersonderend Nature Reserve isWithin Cape Fold Belt
this entity surface form: Cape Fold Belt region
Kalahari Craton boundedBy Cape Fold Belt
Jonkershoek Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
Helderberg partOf Cape Fold Belt
Franschhoek Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
Franschhoek Pass locatedOn Cape Fold Belt
Drakenstein Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
Drakenstein Mountains mountainSystem Cape Fold Belt
this entity surface form: Cape Fold Mountains
Swartberg Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
Hottentots Holland Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
Hottentots Holland Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
this entity surface form: Cape Fold Mountains
Baviaanskloof Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
Kouga Mountains partOf Cape Fold Belt
Kouga Mountains locatedIn Cape Fold Belt
this entity surface form: Cape Fold Mountains region
Kouga Mountains region Cape Fold Belt
this entity surface form: southern Cape Fold Belt