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List Of Forests Of South Africa
This is a list of forests in South Africa. List of Forests of South Africa {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name of Forest !! Official Name !! Province !! Note , - , Andrews Forest, , State , , Eastern Cape , , , - , Blue Lily's Bush Forest, , Reserve, , Eastern Cape, , , - , Dhlinza Forest , , , , KwaZulu-Natal , , , - , Entumeni Forest, , , , KwaZulu-Natal , , , - , Gilboa Forest, , , , KwaZulu-Natal , , , - , Hankey Forest, , State , , Eastern Cape, , , - , Hawaan Forest, , , , KwaZulu-Natal , , , - , Hlabeni Forest , , , , KwaZulu-Natal , , , - , Hlatikhulu Forest, , , , KwaZulu-Natal , , , - , Hogsback Forest, , State , , Eastern Cape, , , - , Inyarha (Nyara) Forest , , Reserve, , Eastern Cape, , , - , Isidenge Forest, , State , , Eastern Cape, , , - , Karkloof Forest, , , , KwaZulu-Natal , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forests
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds ''in situ''. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use." Using this definition, '' Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020'' (FRA 2020) found that forests covered , or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020. Forests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe. More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and the United States). The largest share of forests (45 percent) are in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katberg Forest
Katberg is a hamlet high up in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ... province of South Africa. References Populated places in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality Tourist attractions in the Eastern Cape {{EasternCape-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongoye Forest
oNgoye Forest, also known as Ngoye or Ngoya Forest, is an ancient coastal scarp forest, protected by the oNgoye Forest Reserve in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. The forest of almost 4,000 ha covers an extensive granite ridge that rises from 200 to 460 metres above sea level. It is found some 10 km inland, or 16 km by road, from the coastal town of Mtunzini, and adjoins smaller forest reserves on its periphery, namely Impeshulu in the west, Ezigwayini in the north, and Dengweni in the south. History and status The Zulu king Mpande is the first known person to have afforded protection to oNgoye Forest in the 1800s. Commercial logging occurred in the forest between 1909 and 1924. The area became an official conservation area in 1992. Cattle grazing, crop cultivation and limited utilization of trees however occur in the protected area, and the edge of the forest is subjected to periodic burning which may reduce the forest area. Significance This relict patc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngome Forest
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Nkandla Forest
Nkandla is a South African place name that may refer to: * Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, a town * Nkandla Local Municipality, the local authority that includes the town and surrounds * Nkandla homestead The private residence of former South African President Jacob Zuma is situated about south of the rural town of Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal and is commonly referred to as the Nkandla homestead. During Zuma's presidency, the homestead was the su ..., the homestead of President Jacob Zuma * ''Nkandla'' (genus), a genus of moths in the family Tortricidae {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newlands Forest
Newlands Forest is a conservation area, conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir. The forest itself is a popular walking and jogging destination (See trail map below), close and easily accessible from the city's southern suburbs. Due to its location on the mountain slopes, there are impressive views eastward over the Cape Flats. Fauna and Flora Newlands Forest lies at a natural transition zone between endangered Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Granite Fynbos and Peninsula Shale Fynbos, in an area that also originally supported large Southern Afrotemperate Forest, indigenous forests. In the late 1800s, much of the indigenous forests were felled, and the fynbos cleared, to make way for Pinus pinaster, commercial pine plantations, which still remain and accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longmore Forest
Longmore may refer to: People * Andrew Longmore (b. 1944), British lawyer and judge * Andrew Longmore (journalist) (1953–2019), English cricketer and journalist * Arthur Longmore (1885–1970), early British naval aviator and later a senior Royal Air Force officer * Dave Longmore (b. ?), British musician and member of The Str8jackets * Michael Longmore (b. 1979), English cricketer * Paul K. Longmore (1946–2010), American college professor, author, and disability activist * Roy Longmore (1894–2001), Australian centenarian and World War I veteran, and one of the last two living veterans of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps * Saphire Longmore (born 1976), Jamaican politician and former model Other * 77P/Longmore, a comet * Longmore House Longmore House, formerly Longmore Hospital, on Salisbury Place, Newington, Edinburgh, is the headquarters of Historic Environment Scotland. The property is designated a Category B listed building. History The hospital has its origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
