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Northern Cape, South Africa
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The Green Kalahari is a district in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, bordering onto Namibia and Botswana. Previously known as Siyanda (meaning "we are growing"), the district was renamed "ZF Mgcawu District Municipality" in 2013 after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu.
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the waterfall is about 60 m high and is awe-inspiring when the river is in flood; the gorge below the falls averages about 240 m deep and runs for 18 km
a majestic and infinite desert landscape with migrating herds of wildebeest, gemsbok, springbok, eland, and predators like lions, cheetahs and leopards, and unending red dunes
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