SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -South Africa is thus one of the largest countries in Africa and the 25th biggest in the world. More than half of all residents (68%) live within cities. South Africa is comparatively high at an average elevation of 1034 meters above sea level.

Detailed explanation-2: -South Africa is one of the most geographically varied countries in Africa. Located at the southern tip of the African continent, the 2, 948 km (1, 832 mi) coastline is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Land borders include Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland.

Detailed explanation-3: -It has been deeply eroded by the tributaries of the Orange River which drain these highlands towards the south-west (i.e. away from the Escarpment). This gives this high region its very rugged, mountainous appearance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of South Africa’s landscape is made up of high, flat areas called plateaus. These lands are covered with rolling grasslands, called highveld, and tree-dotted plains called bushveld. To the east, south, and west of the plateau lands is a mountainous region called the Great Escarpment.