South Africa with a surface of 1.219.080 km ² extends to the
south of the African continent. It limits the north of the west to this with
Namibia, Botsuana, Zimbabue, Mozambique and Suazilandia. Also a country as
Lesoto is surrounded by South African territory. Due to its extension, the
climate is variable goes from the temperate climate of the south and the high
zones, to the subtropical one in the northwest and the semi-arid one in the
western part. The annual average of precipitations is of 464 mm. The main rivers
are the Orange river that ends at the Atlantic Ocean, the Vaal river its main
affluent and Limpopo river that ends at the Indian Ocean, is born near
Johannesburg and soon it marks in the north the border with Botsuana and
Zimbabue The most southern point of the country, and therefore of the African
continent, is the Agulhas cape