south africa interesting facts erika vojtková, kristína birnšteinová, daša kovářová, iii.e

SOUTH AFRICAINTERESTING FACTS

Erika Vojtková, Kristína Birnšteinová, Daša Kovářová, III.E

1. TABLE MOUNTAIN• flat-topped mountain• Cape Town in South Africa• Table Mountain National Park• Hiking 2 hours

The Vredefort dome• is the oldest meteor scar • Average 300 km• Free State Province • UNESCO

2. FAST ANIMALS• 3 of the 5 fastest land animals

live in South Africa1. Cheetah – 98 km/h2. Antelope – 97 km/h3. Lion – 80 km/h4. Thomson's gazelle - 80 km/h5. Wildebeest – 80 km/h

98 km/h

64 km/h

80 km/h

Languages of South Africa• eleven official languages• : Afrikaans, English, Ndebele,

Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu

3. BLYDE RIVER CANYON• 25 km in length • 750 m deep• highest point Mariepskop: 1,• 3th largest canyon in the world• the largest green canyon in the world

Route 62• is the longest wine route in the world• 850km long • from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth

4. THE ROVOS RAIL

• one of the World's Top 25 Trains• excellent accommodation, public spaces, service, dining and

off-train sightseeing• train-hotel • from South Africa to Namibia and Tanzania

Largest Fauna• The largest bird – the ostrich, the largest land

mammal – the elephant, the tallest creature – giraffe, the largest fish – whale shark, the largest antelope – eland, the fastest land mammal – cheetah

• third in bio-diversity