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Kromdraai Conservancy

Kromdraai Conservancy

Protected conservation park in South Africa

Kromdraai Conservancy is a protected conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa. It is in the Muldersdrift area not far from Krugersdorp.

"Kromdraai" redirects here. For the town in Limpopo, see Kromdraai, Limpopo.
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Etymology

Its name is derived from Afrikaans meaning "Crooked Turn" after a kink in the meandering Crocodile River.

History

It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area. The caves in the area, known as the Sterkfontein caves have an extensive number of fossils and dolomite caverns. A well known fossil site is also named Kromdraai and it, along with such sites as Sterkfontein,[1] Coopers, Swartkrans and Plovers Lake form part of the conservancy. Part of the Kromdraai conservancy also falls within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, proclaimed by UNESCO in 1998.

Places of interest

Sterkfontein caves

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "9/2/233/0022-001 - Kromdraai Palaeontological Reserve, Kromdraai 71, Krugersdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.


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