Tankwa

The Tankwa is an arid basin between the Cederberg and the Roggeveld escarpment. Rain is scarce, but streams from the mountains bring water into its plains and valleys. San and Khoekhoe people lived in this country, leaving rock art among its shelters. During the eighteenth century, trekboer herders drove their flocks through the Tankwa between the Cederberg and the cooler uplands of the Karoo, using grazing that changed with the seasons.