Qhom

Qhom lies among the ranges on the edge of the Tankwa Karoo, near the Roosterberg. Southward, the Doring River passes through the gap at Karoopoort, an entrance to the dry basin. Farther north, routes crossed the mountains towards the Roggeveld plateau. Travellers and stock-keepers used these passages between the Cape and the interior, where scattered springs and watercourses were especially valuable in the arid country.