The Geography of South Africa Explained 

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Some also forget how absolutely huge South Africa actually is, the single Northern Cape Province is the size of Germany.

One of my favourite things of living in South Africa is seeing how drastically the nature around you can change while driving around.

SA's people are equally as diverse as it's climate, geography, biodiversity and mineral resources! We are a rainbow of people, very difficult to keep everyone happy. Never a dull moment, but the beauty of the country lifts our spirits.

As a Qatari deeply fond of South Africa and having visited Cape Town around five times, I must say I gained a wealth of knowledge from this wonderfully crafted, informative video. Please keep up the fantastic work!

South African here. Extremely well researched, I thank you. Don't worry about pronunciation, we have so many different accents and languages (all of us are at least bilingual, but some - mostly black South Africans - speak as many as 9 languages) that pronunciation is a moot point. Subscribed!

So much love from South Africa❤. I actually in a place called Qwa-Qwa, every morning i get to see the Drakenberg moutains. when i was growing up we used to head our livestock there😊. and during the holiday's we would cross the mountain to go to lesotho, Free of charge. there is a big dam called "Fika Patso" which gets most of its water from Lesotho. Not only is this place beautiful but it has alot of history, during Apartheid most black people were forced to stay there. it has a rich black history. I apologize for this long comment😂, i just got so happy seeing my country being talked about❤❤❤❤.

I am a geography teacher and want you to know that your work is phenomenal! Thank you. Cheers!😀

I'm so grateful for bring born in this country, and being able to stay year despite its turbulent politics. Back in the nationalist era, they called South Africa the most beautiful country in the world, and I thought that was just bias talking. But the older I get the more I realize how beautifully diverse our country really is.

Fun fact: the Khoi peoples of South Africa and the Melanesian peoples of Vanuatu & the Solomon Islands are (probably) the two most genetically distant ethnicities on the planet

This video reminded me of how beautifully diverse our nation is, Flora, Fauna and People. We have so much to be greatful for ❤

This video is too short, 1 hour would be enough 😢 I am an enthusiastic South African by the way.

You should do Zimbabwe. Seriously, some parts look like the Serengeti plains, others like the Scottish Highlands and incredibly varied micro- climates.

im from SA. this was a great video, a lot of information i had no idea of... thank you

I love my country, my people and all its cultural and climate diversity ❤ from table mountain to limpopo venda ❤❤❤🇿🇦✌🏽

My fellow South Africans.... Aweh.

Good work covering my country! Having travelled between Cape Town and Johannesburg, you can really feel the difference on your body

Im South African and live in Gqeberha aka Port Elizabeth. Beautiful place. Right now it's 17h05 in the afternoon and around 31 degrees in temperature. It's Autumn but it's not unusual to have that kind of weather here. Differs not only from day to day but hour to hour sometimes. Could be hot now, windy later, then rain and thunder and 5 min later, something else. The biggest misconception I think people have of this country other than the level of crime, is the whole thing about wild animals roaming the streets. To a certain extent only (no more than in other countries), there is some truth in that. If you study at Nelson Mandela University and you leave your sorm open, there is a possibility of monkeys getting into your room. Reside tally speaking though, other than the occasional hyrax moving into your yard or cows eating grass in parks or on the side of the road, nothing too out of the ordinary. Beautiful country.

When driving from Joburg to Cape Town its amazing to see how much changes around you

Kruger National Park isn't in one province of Limpopo but mpumalanga as well, the 2 provinces are sharing it

More about South Africa please! that was fascinating

I love my country so much you gave me more reason to continue loving it. Thank you .

I am immensely privileged to have travelled widely across this beautiful country. You have done a great job at explaining the geographical diversity. This is truly “a world in one country” 😊

One of my favourite parts of living in South Africa is the food. The Cape Town area is very similar to some parts of Italy, giving us world famous wine and olive oil, and within an hour of eating at an fancy Italian restaurant, you can find some Indian food, or Malaysian food, or native African food, or all three of those mixed together in one meal

Currently in South Africa for a holiday. Pretty dope place

Love south Africa from 🇳🇬

South Africans Represent!!

Thanks for the video. In my great grandfather’s diary he wrote going to sleep in the Karoo while masses of springboks migrate past them - waking up the next morning with the herd still coming past.

When I drove back from the Eastern Cape to Cape Town, the change in scenery is amazing. The weather as well, we experienced a thunderstorm and scorching heat in the span of an hour.

Yet another South African here! I always knew of the beauty of this country but I learned so much more from your video. It made me feel emotional to learn about all of these different places I have been. Thanks and keep up the good work. Definitely going to subscribe to learn about the amazing landscapes around the world!

Woah you included bontepark park in your map of nature reserves!! I lived right near it in Swellendam. I didn’t think it would be brought up in a video like this but thats awesome

Great video! Loved it! The meterology of South Africa is absolutely fascinating. The high pressures off the coasts and the interior low pressure create some extraordinary weather. Thanks for the great video!

I've read much about the British Empire and its wars in South Africa. Often the geography and less often the climate are mentioned but usually only in passing. This video helps round out my learning of this subject. As always it was comprehensive and educational. Thank you

Excellent. Thank you very much. Best wishes from New Zealand

Thanks; this was very interesting. I live in Pretoria and will be going down to the lowveld in a few days. I always find it fascinating to watch the change in the landscape as you travel through the different biomes that the N4 cuts through.

I live in Cape Town an I am so fortunate to be surrounded by our beautiful fynbos, the protea that is South Africa national flowers growing wild here. It is amazing. I loved you vidoe. Thanks!

My husband and I got married in the Kruger National Park - Pretoriuskop. It’s a southern camp as you enter from SA’s side. Beautiful!

As a South African I found this video highly interesting and it made me want to explore the country more ❤🇿🇦

Wow! Just a genuinely fascinating and well put together video on RU-vid. Well done and thank you :)

I love your videos. They are amazing. Can i ask you if you intend to do review on the geography of the caucasus? I would be incredibly interested in learning geographical details about the region where i grew up!

As a South African, I can say most, if not all, are immensely proud and boastful about our wonderful and beautiful country. It is a deep shame that it has been ruined by our corrupt, selfish and arrogant criminal government the ANC. But please, continue to visit our country, we are accommodating, friendly and we honestly need your investment to keep us going. Rant over!

This information was _incredibly_ well represented for my wiring to download!! I'm beyond grateful 🙏🏼

This is so good, keep up the good work!

Well researched video and amazingly put together well done this is just excellent 👏

Outstanding channel! I love all of your brilliant videos.

I have to say, as a South African who enjoys geography and geology. This is a great video, and there aren't many of this kind. Thank you.

Thank you for taking my suggestion❤

I live in SA and I have been lucky enough to go to the Drakensburg (or just "The Burg" as we call it") and I will never forget it! The Burg has to be one of my favourite places on the planet. Well worth a visit!

Dear sir! Well done on an excellent video! I am South African and often have to explain the country to my Canadian family.

This will definitely go straight to Geography classes in schools around South Africa, thank you for this 😊

very nicely edited and written video keep it up :)

Thanks so much for the tutorial, I loved it

Great video Man! What software do you use for editing?

Thank you for this amazing video. Much love from South Africa. ❤

You should take a look at the Magaliesburg (One of the longest mountain ranges in the world.) and the Vredefort Crater.

Exceptional video💯. More on South Africa please.

Well presented !

Super cool! I swear I've learned more about geography on RU-vid then I ever did in school.

I'm a South African environment scientist and I don't know some of the stuff you've mentioned here. Where did you get all this information? This is interesting.

Every South African needs to watch this video

Such a fascinating country

Very interesting video.! I have subscribe to your channel just now, for this is the content I enjoy and finding interesting especially for I am from South Africa! Thank you for a most educational video! 😊

Absolutely brilliant video 🇿🇦❤

Very informal video , thank you !!

Very imformative, I live in South Africa and there was a few things I didn't know, thanks!

Absolutely loved this as a South African. Now I subscribed to your channel!!

Its funny how small they make South Africa on the maps

I'm a South African and I learned so much from this video!

Hey Cycle Cruza, what’s good? Love your channel man thanks for all the effort you put into every episode. I was just wondering. What kind of oil do you use for the Yamaha? Are you running synthetic oil? I think you can use synthetic longer than regular oil. Peace

You do great work on all your videos. Big Fan. This one makes me want to visit South Africa.

Subscribed. Great video

I love my country, thank GOD for putting me in this one♥...

Je me souviendrai toujours la première fois que j'ai vue le Grand Plateau, c'était magnifique ! Thanks for this high quality video

Beautiful, thank you!

Well done. This is south afrikan aproved. Lekke man!

Definitely wanted you to mention the Greenstone Belt!

Love your efforts and details. Could you make a video con the Peruvian Altiplano Geography?

The weather along the east coast is absolutely sublime 👌

Would love videos like these for all countries in the world

Great video! Can you make a detailed geography video of Madagascar as well?

you missed the kaapvaal craton. It's really fascinating

South Africa my wonderful country, as beautiful as it's people.

I love South Africa! I am planning to go there soon, thanks for the video.

Excellent! Thanks for show us our beautiful world in such a detail.

Amazing beyond words. Loved it. Please make one on India

love this!!

I live in CapeTown. Love the mountain.

very good sponsor , i mean that concept.. !

Nkosi Sikelela iAfrica

Well done.

Hey, I have been enjoying your channel a lot. In the video you talk about the 17 mega diverse countries. I already find those countries super interesting . Wouldn't you call Bolivia also a mega diverse country or how is it defined?

Hey could you do a video on the geography of the three most southern states of Brazil?

The national parks map was wrong, Mapungubwe is not in central Limpopo it’s a the North Western corner of the province bordering Botswana and Zimbabwe

I would love to have a map of South Africa, artfully depicting the subregions of the country as shown around 9:38. All South Africans need to experience each of those regions at least once ❤

Lesotho is geographically distinct, a border drawn conveniently around a unique and strange geography. This border magically makes people ignore its strangeness. I’m glad you explained it though I don’t feel the explanation fits the strangeness when I look on Google earth.

I'm fortunate to live in Cape Town. Going to miss it when i travel but this will always be home. ❤

At 3:43 the map indicating Mapungubwe is wrong, Mapungubwe borders Botswana, SA and Zimbabwe.

3:44 Mapungubwe’s location is incorrect. It is closer to Zimbabwe and Botswana. When you are at Mapungubwe you can see both the countries

9:47 That, I take it, would be the Great, Gray-Green, Greasy Limpipo River, made famous by Kipling.

One can only hope that the "rulers" of these countries will also come to the realization that Southern Africa is a very unique and special place for the world and not just some of its peoples.