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Mpofu Nature Reserve

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Mpofu Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Amatole district of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa that is managed by Eastern Cape Parks. [1]

31 relations: African buffalo, Albany thickets, Amathole District Municipality, Amathole Mountains, Andrew Geddes Bain, Balfour, Eastern Cape, Black-backed jackal, Burchell's zebra, Cape bushbuck, Common eland, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape Parks, Endemism, Flora, Forest, Fuller's Hoek Pass, Giraffe, Gradient, Grassland, Hogsback, Eastern Cape, Katberg, Malaria, Maria Moroka Nature Reserve, Nature reserve, Protected areas of South Africa, QwaQwa National Park, South Africa, South African giraffe, South African National Parks, White rhinoceros, 1820 Settlers.

African buffalo

The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovine.

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Albany thickets

The Albany thickets is an ecoregion of dense woodland in southern South Africa, which is concentrated around the Albany region of the Eastern Cape (whence the region's name originates).

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Amathole District Municipality

Amathole is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Amathole Mountains

Amatola, Amatole or Amathole are a range of densely forested mountains, situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Andrew Geddes Bain

Andrew Geddes Bain (baptised 11 June 1797 – 20 October 1864), was a South African geologist, road engineer, palaeontologist and explorer.

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Balfour, Eastern Cape

Balfour is a town in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Amatole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Black-backed jackal

The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a canid native to two areas of Africa, separated by roughly 900 km.

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Burchell's zebra

Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) is a southern subspecies of the plains zebra.

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Cape bushbuck

The imbabala or Cape bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus) is a widespread species of antelope in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Common eland

The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa.

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Eastern Cape Parks

Eastern Cape parks is a governmental organisation responsible for maintaining wilderness areas and public nature reserves in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Flora

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Fuller's Hoek Pass

Fuller's Hoek Pass, (English: Fuller's Corner), is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, on a road in the Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve.

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Giraffe

The giraffe (Giraffa) is a genus of African even-toed ungulate mammals, the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants.

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Gradient

In mathematics, the gradient is a multi-variable generalization of the derivative.

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Grassland

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.

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Hogsback, Eastern Cape

Hogsback is a town in the Amathole Mountains in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

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Katberg

Katberg is a hamlet high up in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.

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Maria Moroka Nature Reserve

Maria Moroka National Park is named after Dr Maria Moroka, an anti-Apartheid activist.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Protected areas of South Africa

The protected areas of South Africa include national parks and marine protected areas managed by the national government, public nature reserves managed by provincial and local governments, and private nature reserves managed by private landowners.

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QwaQwa National Park

The QwaQwa National Park is part of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park and the Maloti-Drakensberg Park and comprises the former Bantustan (homeland) of QwaQwa.

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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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South African giraffe

The South African giraffe or Cape giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) is a subspecies of giraffe ranging from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.

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South African National Parks

South African National Parks (SANParks) is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks.

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White rhinoceros

The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros.

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1820 Settlers

The 1820 Settlers were several groups or parties of white British colonists settled by the British government and the Cape authorities in the South African Eastern Cape in 1820.

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References

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

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