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Blyde River Canyon

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The Blyde River Canyon, officially the Motlatse Canyon is a significant natural feature of South Africa, located in Mpumalanga, and forming the northern part of the Drakensberg escarpment. [1]

58 relations: Abel Erasmus Pass, Africa, African emerald cuckoo, African finfoot, African fish eagle, African harrier-hawk, African wood owl, Black eagle, Black-chested snake eagle, Blyde River, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Blyderivierpoort Dam, Canyon, Cape eagle-owl, Cape vulture, Crocodile, Crowned eagle, Drakensberg, Escarpment, Fish River Canyon, Geronticus, Golden-tailed woodpecker, Graskop, Greater galago, Green-backed twinspot, Gurney's sugarbird, Hendrik Potgieter, Hippopotamus, Jackal buzzard, Knysna turaco, Lanner falcon, Lemon dove, Lesser bushbaby, Long-crested eagle, Malachite sunbird, Maputo Bay, Metres above sea level, Mpumalanga, Narina trogon, Olive bushshrike, Panorama Route, Peregrine falcon, Ptilopsis, Purple-crested turaco, Red-backed mannikin, Rock kestrel, Rondavel, Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk, Sandstone, South Africa, ..., Sykes' monkey, Taita falcon, Treur River, Tufa, Vervet monkey, Voortrekkers, Wahlberg's eagle, White-rumped vulture. Expand index (8 more) »

Abel Erasmus Pass

Abel Erasmus Pass is situated in the Limpopo Province, on the R36 road between Ohrigstad and Hoedspruit/Tzaneen, South Africa.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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African emerald cuckoo

The African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a species of cuckoo that is native to Africa.

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African finfoot

The African finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is an aquatic bird from the family Heliornithidae (the finfoots and sungrebe).

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African fish eagle

The African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), or to distinguish it from the true fish eagles (Ichthyophaga), the African sea eagle, is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur.

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African harrier-hawk

The African harrier-hawk, harrier hawk, or gymnogene (Polyboroides typus) is a bird of prey.

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African wood owl

The African wood owl or Woodford's owl (Strix woodfordii) is a typical owl from the genus Strix in the family Strigidae which is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Black eagle

The black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) is a bird of prey.

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Black-chested snake eagle

The black-chested snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

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Blyde River

The Blyde River (Blyderivier, i.e. Glad River, or Motlatse River, i.e. Permanent River, or Umdhlazi River), is a river in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa.

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Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve

Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve (or Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve) is situated in the Drakensberg escarpment region of eastern Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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Blyderivierpoort Dam

Blyderivierpoort Dam is a gravity-arch dam on the Blyde River, in the lower Blyde River Canyon, near Hoedspruit in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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Canyon

A canyon (Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic timescales.

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Cape eagle-owl

The Cape eagle-owl (Bubo capensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.

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Cape vulture

The Cape griffon or Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), also known as Kolbe's vulture, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae.

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Crocodile

Crocodiles (subfamily Crocodylinae) or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.

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Crowned eagle

The crowned eagle, also known as the African crowned eagle or the crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) is a large bird of prey found in sub-Saharan Africa; in Southern Africa it is restricted to eastern areas.

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Drakensberg

The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: uKhahlamba, Sotho: Maluti) is the name given to the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as an effect of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively leveled areas having differing elevations.

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Fish River Canyon

The Fish River Canyon (Afrikaans: Visrivier Canyon or Visrivier Afgronde, Fischfluss Canyon), is located in the south of Namibia.

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Geronticus

The small bird genus Geronticus belongs to the ibis subfamily (Threskiornithinae).

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Golden-tailed woodpecker

The golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.

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Graskop

Graskop is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

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Greater galago

The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are everyday names for three species of strepsirrhine primates.

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Green-backed twinspot

The green-backed twinspot or green twinspot (Mandingoa nitidula) is an estrildid finch found in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Gurney's sugarbird

The Gurney's sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) is a species of bird in the family Promeropidae.

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Hendrik Potgieter

Andries Hendrik Potgieter, known as Hendrik Potgieter (19 December 1792 – 16 December 1852) was a Voortrekker leader and the last known Champion of the Potgieter family.

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Hippopotamus

The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis).

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Jackal buzzard

The jackal buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) is a 45–55 cm long African bird of prey.

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Knysna turaco

The Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix), or, in South Africa, Knysna lourie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African near-passerine birds.

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Lanner falcon

The lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) is a medium-sized bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia.

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Lemon dove

The lemon dove or cinnamon dove (Columba larvata) is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae found in montane forests of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Lesser bushbaby

Lesser bushbabies, or lesser galagos, are strepsirrhine primates of the genus Galago.

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Long-crested eagle

The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey.

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Malachite sunbird

The malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) is a small nectarivorous bird found from the highlands of Ethiopia southwards to South Africa.

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Maputo Bay

Maputo Bay (Baía de Maputo), formerly also known as Delagoa Bay from Baía da Lagoa in Portuguese, is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Mozambique, between 25° 40' and 26° 20' S, with a length from north to south of over 90 km long and 32 km wide.

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Metres above sea level

Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.

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Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga is a province of South Africa.

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Narina trogon

The Narina trogon (Apaloderma narina) is a largely green and red, medium-sized (32–34 cm long), bird of the family Trogonidae.

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Olive bushshrike

The olive bushshrike (Telophorus olivaceus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

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Panorama Route

The Panorama Route is a scenic road in South Africa connecting several cultural and natural points of interest.

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Peregrine falcon

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.

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Ptilopsis

Ptilopsis is a genus of African owls.

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Purple-crested turaco

The purple-crested turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.

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Red-backed mannikin

The red-backed mannikin (Lonchura nigriceps), also known as the brown-backed mannikin or brown-backed munia, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.

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Rock kestrel

The rock kestrel (Falco rupicolus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.

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Rondavel

A rondavel (from the Afrikaans word rondawel) is a Westernised version of an African-style hut.

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Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk

The rufous-breasted sparrowhawk (Accipiter rufiventris), also known as the rufous-chested sparrowhawk and as the red-breasted sparrowhawk, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Sykes' monkey

The Sykes' monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis), named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Taita falcon

The Taita falcon (Falco fasciinucha) is a small falcon found in central and eastern Africa.

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Treur River

The Treur River (from Afrikaans: mourning river) is a small river in the Drakensberg escarpment region of eastern Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

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Tufa

Tufa is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of ambient temperature water.

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Vervet monkey

The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa.

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Voortrekkers

The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for pioneers, or "pathfinders" or "fore-trekkers") were Boer pastoralists from the frontiers of the Cape Colony who migrated eastwards during the Great Trek.

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Wahlberg's eagle

Wahlberg's eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi) is a bird of prey that is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is a seasonal migrant in the woodlands and savannas.

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White-rumped vulture

The White-Rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an Old World vulture native to South and Southeast Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyde_River_Canyon

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