Klipkoppies
Defunct ranger station in the Letaba area of the Lebombo mountains. This was the third northern station after Punda and Shingwedzi, in the 1900's, but was found to be impractical due to the mountainous terrain. The post was moved to present-day Mooiplaas. Letaba, Phalaborwa and Olifants stations came much later.
There is presently a Mountain-bike trail there.
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Krapkuil
Krapkuil = Afrikaans word, Krap= crab; kuil= waterhole.
Named by Dr Pienaar after the land crab, Potamon warreni,
which he found here. They are common along rocky streams
and ponds, and move along land, away from water during
wet weather. They are both hunters and scavengers and use
their strong sense of smell for these means. Unlike most of
their marine cousins, land crabs have no larval stage, and
the young that hatch are miniature adults who have to fend
for themselves.
It is a large dam in the middle of nowhere just west of Nkokodzi (Shingwedzi area)
Krapkuil = Afrikaans word, Krap= crab; kuil= waterhole.
Named by Dr Pienaar after the land crab, Potamon warreni,
which he found here. They are common along rocky streams
and ponds, and move along land, away from water during
wet weather. They are both hunters and scavengers and use
their strong sense of smell for these means. Unlike most of
their marine cousins, land crabs have no larval stage, and
the young that hatch are miniature adults who have to fend
for themselves.
It is a large dam in the middle of nowhere just west of Nkokodzi (Shingwedzi area)
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Looks like the dam has been broken since at least 2014, with added human destruction:
Tar road to Shing at far right-
Tar road to Shing at far right-
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Found another B - Bakoor Windmill south of Shingwedzi, named for the Afrikaans name for Bat-eared Fox (Bakoorjakkals). These foxes were found in Kruger but appear to have vanished with increasing wet cycles.
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Klipspringer Koppies
The generic old Afrikaans name for the Makhutwanini hills north of Afsaal Picninc Spot.
The generic old Afrikaans name for the Makhutwanini hills north of Afsaal Picninc Spot.
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Kukuletani
Pool where the Nwaswitsontso river leaves the Park on the Eastern Mozambique border.
Pool where the Nwaswitsontso river leaves the Park on the Eastern Mozambique border.
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Kangadjane
Tiny stream east of the old Metsimetsi trails camp.
Tiny stream east of the old Metsimetsi trails camp.
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Kamadlabantu Stream
Tiny drainage line contributing to the Sweni system. It crosses the Trichardt Road north of the S35.
Tiny drainage line contributing to the Sweni system. It crosses the Trichardt Road north of the S35.
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Kushumba Stream
Tiny tributary of the Letaba River west of Mingerhout Dam.
Tiny tributary of the Letaba River west of Mingerhout Dam.
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Also a pic of Baanbreker:
It is defunct!
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