威特沃特斯兰德

The Witwatersrand (, ; ; locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a , north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which account for the name Witwatersrand, meaning 'white water ridge' in Afrikaans. This east-west-running scarp can be traced with only one short gap, from Bedfordview (about west of O.R. Tambo International Airport) in the east, through Johannesburg and Roodepoort, to Krugersdorp in the west (see the diagram at left below).

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Mountain.photo_caption: Witpoortjie Falls in the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, formerly the Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens. Waterfalls like this, cascading over a quartzite ridge in Gauteng gave rise to the name "Witwatersrand", which means "white water ridge" in Afrikaans.
Mountain.elevation_m: 1913
Mountain.country: South Africa
Mountain.subdivision1_type: Provinces
Mountain.map: South Africa
Mountain.map_relief: 1
Mountain.age: Archean
Mountain.orogeny: Vredefort impact structure
Mountain.length_km: 56
Mountain.length_orientation: ESE/WNW
Mountain.width_km: 10
Mountain.width_orientation: NNE/SSW
Mountain.easiest_route: From Gauteng or Pretoria
Mountain.name: Witwatersrand
Mountain.photo: Waterfall, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens.jpg

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Instance of: mountain range
Country: South Africa
Located in: Gauteng
Elevation: 1408
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Material used: shale
Image: Waterfall, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens.jpg
Width: 10
Length: 56

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different from: Witwatersrand Basin
Commons category: Witwatersrand
time period: Archean

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威特沃特斯兰德（Witwatersrand）是南非豪登省和西北省的一座低矮山脉的名称，也是该山脉附近以约翰内斯堡为中心的产区的统称。简称为“兰德”（Rand）。南非货币兰特亦得名于此。 “威特沃特斯兰德”一词来自南非语，意为“白水分水岭”。该地区原属德兰士瓦共和国，在1884年首次发现金矿。其黄金储量占世界黄金总储量的40%。第二次布尔战争后，威特沃特斯兰德地区作为德兰士瓦共和国的领土被英国吞并。1910年南非联邦成立之后属德兰士瓦省。南非取消种族隔离后分属西北省和比勒陀利亚-威特沃特斯兰德-弗里尼欣省（该省后改名为豪登省）。威特沃特斯兰德地区的主要城市有约翰内斯堡、克鲁格斯多普、、兰德方丹。

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