South Africa–Lesotho border

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international border land border

The South Africa–Lesotho border is the international boundary separating the enclaved mountain kingdom of Lesotho from the surrounding Republic of South Africa, running largely along the high peaks of the Drakensberg and Maloti ranges.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lesotho–South Africa border region	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ land border ⓘ
cameIntoExistenceWith	independence of Lesotho in 1966 ⓘ
country1	South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
country2	Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ
encloses	Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsMountainRange	Drakensberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Maloti Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsNaturalFeature	high peaks of the Maloti range ⓘ watershed of the Drakensberg ⓘ
hasAdjacentSouthAfricanProvince	Eastern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ KwaZulu-Natal NERFINISHED ⓘ Mpumalanga NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Caledonspoort border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Ficksburg Bridge border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Makhaleng Bridge border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Maseru Bridge border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Monontsha Pass border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Peka Bridge border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Qacha’s Nek border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Qacha’s Nek–Matatiele road crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramatseliso’s Gate border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Sani Pass border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefikeng border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Sepapushek border post ⓘ Tele Bridge border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Telle Bridge border post NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Rooyens Gate border post NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBorderRiver	Caledon River NERFINISHED ⓘ Makhaleng River NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange River NERFINISHED ⓘ Senqu River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tele River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBorderShape	enclave border ⓘ
hasClimate	alpine in many sections ⓘ
hasHighestPointNear	Mont-aux-Sources NERFINISHED ⓘ Thabana Ntlenyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalColonialPower	Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	internationally recognized boundary ⓘ
hasTerrain	high plateau ⓘ mountainous ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Africa ⓘ
separates	Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrounds	Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasDefinedBy	19th-century treaties between Basutoland and the Cape Colony ⓘ British colonial administration of Basutoland NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Mafadi → locatedOnBorder → South Africa–Lesotho border ⓘ

Caledon River → locatedIn → South Africa–Lesotho border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesotho–South Africa border region

Sani Top → locatedIn → South Africa–Lesotho border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesotho–South Africa border region