Talk:Knersvlakte

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I have spent several years exploring the Knersvlakte. I am still working here on this article.

[This section was written 05:54, 24 November 2008 by DKeats on the article page, and moved here 06:42, 24 November 2008‎ by Beeswaxcandle. --Thnidu (talk) 02:14, 16 May 2016 (UTC)]

Succulent Karoo

The page says

The Knersvlakte is a Succulent Karoo...

But according to that article, Succulent Karoo is not the name of a type (of terrain or of anything else), but a proper name referring to a single area. So what's the connection between the Knersvlakte and the Succulent Karoo?

It would seem that the Knersvlakte is part of the Succulent Karoo. But close examination of the maps provided makes that difficult to support. Comparing the unlabeled map on this page with the map at www mapsofworld com slash south-africa indicates that the southern border of the Succulent Karoo meets the coast at about the mouth of the Olifants River (Western Cape). But this page's lede places the Knersvlakte

in Namaqualand in the north-west corner of the Western Cape Province of South Africa

And according to the map of Western Cape Province, that river seems to be the northern border of that part of the province, which means that the Knersvlakte is just south of the Succulent Karoo, not in it. Can someone familiar with South Africa and/or ecology or biome geography check this?

--Thnidu (talk) 02:00, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

The Olifants river is not the border of the Western Cape, the river is entirely inside the province. The southern edge of the Namaqualand ecoregion (not the District Municipality in the Northern Cape province also called Namaqualand) does more or less co-incide with the Olifants river. The Knersvlakte is north of the river but within the Western Cape province and inside the (southern part of the) Namaqualand ecoregion. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:29, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Take a look at Knersvlakte Nature Reserve it's marked on the map, north of the Olifants river but south of the provincial border. The map at mapsofworld.com is hoplessly inaccurate. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:42, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

@Dodger67: Thanks for the clarification. It probably wouldn't be necessary if the maps of Knersvlakte Nature Reserve and Western Cape were labeled with the names of the rivers and the political units whose borders are shown, rather than quasi-pretending that their subjects (Reserve, province) were isolated objects in a pristine terrain. Any chance of improvement there? --Thnidu (talk) 23:37, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

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