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The range runs roughly NW/SE in its western part and in an east-west direction in its mid and eastern section and is approximately 250 km long, from
Worcester, past Robertson, Montagu, Swellendam, Heidelberg and Riversdale to the proximity of George.
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Mountains. The
Swartberg Mountain range owes some of its great height to upliftment along this fault line. The subsurface structures are not to scale.
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A diagrammatic 400 km north-south cross-section through the southern portion of the
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forest patches found in deep secluded gorges, while on the drier northern slopes
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The range is traversed by four mountain passes, from west to east, they are:
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Langeberg's most westerly point is located 5 km east of the town of
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43:Landscape of the Langeberg Range near
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135:250 km (160 mi) NW/SE
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462:Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve
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398:and the range is part of the
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21:Langeberg Local Municipality
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542:Geography of South Africa
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441:There are the following
396:Table Mountain Sandstone
324:Physiography and geology
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530:Ladismith, Western Cape
520:Ladismith, Western Cape
514:Garcia's Pass, linking
524:Cloetes Pass, linking
451:Marloth Nature Reserve
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526:Mossel Bay
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253:Sandstone
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148:Geography
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536:See also
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