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Salmonsdam Nature Reserve

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The highest point in the park is the base of the radio mast at its northeastern corner, at a height of 637 metres (2,090 ft) above sea level. The Perdeberg peak on the northern edge of the park is one metre (3.3 ft) lower.
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area known as "Die Weivlakte". Various smaller tributaries join the river; notably the Watervalkloof stream which passes over a series of small
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called the "Zigzag Falls". On the eastern side of Keeromskloof can be found the Elandskrans Caves and Leopard Cave.
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Local tradition claims that Salmonsdam was named for Robert Salmond, captain of
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called Keeromskloof and spreading out lower down into a
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in 1852. The area was declared a nature reserve by the
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Located in the Overberg region in the southern part of the Western Cape province, close to the southernmost tip of Africa.
Overberg
Western Cape
South Africa
Stanford, Western Cape
34°25′35″S 19°38′17″E / 34.42639°S 19.63806°E / -34.42639; 19.63806
CapeNature
www.capenature.org.za/reserves.htm?reserve=Salmonsdam+Nature+Reserve
nature reserve
Overberg
Western Cape
South Africa
CapeNature
HMS Birkenhead
Gansbaai
Cape Provincial Administration
Overstrand municipal area
Stanford
Cape Town
gorge
marshy
waterfalls
"South Africa - Salmonsdam"
World Commission on Protected Areas


"Salmonsdam Nature Reserve"
CapeNature
the original
Salmonsdam official website

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