List of forests of the Western Cape

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This is a list of forests of the Western Cape province of South Africa.

List of Forests in the Western Cape, South Africa

These are generally examples of Southern Afrotemperate Forest , the predominant indigenous forest-type in the Western Cape.

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The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi), and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. About two-thirds of these inhabitants live in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, which is also the provincial capital. The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province. The two largest cities are Cape Town and George.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Constantiaberg</span> Mountain on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Constantiaberg is a large, whale-backed mountain that forms part of the mountainous spine of the Cape Peninsula in Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa. It lies about 7 km south of Table Mountain, on the southern side of Constantia Nek. The mountain is 927 m high. It is not known who first ascended the peak.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Knysna–Amatole montane forests</span> Ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome in South Africa

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tsitsikamma National Park</span> Protected area on the Garden Route, Western Cape and Eastern Cape, South Africa

The Tsitsikamma National Park is a protected area on the Garden Route, Western Cape and Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is a coastal reserve well known for its indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and the Otter Trail. On 6 March 2009 it was amalgamated with the Wilderness National Park and various other areas of land to form the Garden Route National Park.

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The Two Oceans Aquarium is an aquarium located at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The aquarium was opened on the 13 November 1995 and comprises several exhibition galleries with large viewing windows: The aquarium is named for its location, where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean meet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge</span> Wildlife refuge in Oregon, United States

Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the Oregon Coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges in the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Located on Cape Meares, the refuge was established in 1938 to protect a remnant of coastal old-growth forest and the surrounding habitat used by breeding seabirds. The area provides a home for a threatened bird species, the marbled murrelets. Peregrine falcons, once at the brink of extinction, have nested here since 1987. The refuge, with the exception of the Oregon Coast Trail, was designated a Research Natural Area in 1987.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Perpetua</span> Headland on the coast of Oregon, US

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garden Route National Park</span> Coastal national park in South Africa

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos</span> Vegetation type in Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos is a vegetation type that naturally occurs in the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape, South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Afrotemperate Forest</span> Main indigenous forest-type in the south-western part of South Africa

Southern Afrotemperate Forest is a kind of tall, shady, multilayered indigenous South African forest. This is the main forest-type in the south-western part of South Africa, naturally extending from the Cape Peninsula in the west, as far as Port Elizabeth in the east. In this range, it usually occurs in small forest pockets, surrounded by fynbos vegetation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">De Hel Nature Area</span> Nature reserve by Cape Town, South Africa

De Hel Nature Area is a 21.3-hectare (53-acre) nature reserve protecting a river valley and indigenous forest on the lower eastern slopes of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site</span> Protected valley near the Helderberg Nature Reserve, in Somerset West,

Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site is a small, protected valley (“kloof”), near the Helderberg Nature Reserve, in Somerset West, South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kogelberg Nature Reserve</span> Protected area in the Western Cape province of South Africa

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cecilia, Table Mountain</span> Section of the Table Mountain National Park

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