Clock Mountains

The mountains of the southern Cape separate the coastal country from the drier valleys of the Little Karoo. In the Langeberg, folded ridges run broadly east and west, cut by deep ravines and mountain passes. The southern slopes carry fynbos and patches of forest in sheltered valleys, while the northern slopes bear the scrub of a drier climate. Rock paintings left by San inhabitants survive among the mountains, where rivers rise and flow south towards the coast.