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Orange River
(Encyclopedia) Orange River, chief river of S Africa, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the Maluti Mts., N Lesotho. It flows SW through Lesotho, then meanders northwest and west through central…Kilimanjaro
(Encyclopedia) KilimanjaroKilimanjarokĭlˌĭmənjäˈrō [key], highest mountain of Africa, NE Tanzania. An extinct volcano, it rises in two peaks, Uhuru (Kibo; 19,340 ft/5,895 m, Africa's highest point)…Johannesburg, City of
(Encyclopedia) City of Johannesburg, City of, metropolitan municipality (2011 pop. 4,434,827), Gauteng prov., NE South Africa. Johannesburg is the municipal seat; other communities include Soweto,…Bruce, James
(Encyclopedia) Bruce, James, 1730–94, Scottish explorer in Africa. He explored Roman ruins in N Africa (1755) from Tunis to Tripoli and visited Crete, Rhodes, and Asia Minor. In 1768 he traveled down…Beaufort West
(Encyclopedia) Beaufort West Beaufort West bōˈfərt [key], town and local municipality, Western Cape prov., S South…veld
(Encyclopedia) veld or veldtveldboth: vĕlt, Du. fĕlt [key] [Du.,=field], term applied to the grassy undulating plateaus of the Republic of South Africa and of Zimbabwe. The veld comprises territory…Timgad
(Encyclopedia) TimgadTimgadtĭmˈgăd [key], ancient Thamugadi, ruined city, Algeria, S of Constantine. It is sometimes called the Pompeii of North Africa because of the extensive remains of the Roman…Park, Mungo
(Encyclopedia) Park, Mungo, 1771–1806, British explorer in Africa, b. Selkirk, Scotland. After serving as a surgeon with the East India Company, he was employed by the African Association to explore…Speke, John Hanning
(Encyclopedia) Speke, John HanningSpeke, John Hanningspēk [key], 1827–64, English explorer in Africa. He joined Sir Richard Burton in his expeditions to Somaliland (1854) and to E central Africa (…giant African land snail
(Encyclopedia) giant African land snail, any of several species of large terrestrial snails of tropical Africa that have become agricultural pests in other regions of the world. The species include…Trending
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