. Europe and other continents . Fig. Town with Table Mountain (3500 feet high) in the distance. mouths are choked with sand bars which render entrancedifficult. A breakwater has made Table Bay a good port,and around its shores, beautifully situated at the base ofTable Mountain (Fig. 333), is Cape Town, the capitaland largest city of Cape Colony. It is connected withthe interior by a railway line, the southern end of theproposed railway from Cape Town to Cairo. CENTRAL AFRICA 451 A second important harbor is that of Delagoa Bay, uponwhich is situated LouRENgo Marquez, the capital of Po
. Europe and other continents . Fig. Town with Table Mountain (3500 feet high) in the distance. mouths are choked with sand bars which render entrancedifficult. A breakwater has made Table Bay a good port,and around its shores, beautifully situated at the base ofTable Mountain (Fig. 333), is Cape Town, the capitaland largest city of Cape Colony. It is connected withthe interior by a railway line, the southern end of theproposed railway from Cape Town to Cairo. CENTRAL AFRICA 451 A second important harbor is that of Delagoa Bay, uponwhich is situated LouRENgo Marquez, the capital of Portu-guese East Africa. Being connected by rail with the interior,this port has been much used for the shipment of Transvaalproducts. Notice how much nearer it is to Johannesburgfrom this point than from Cape Town. Durban, the seaportof Natal, is a small city also connected with the Transvaalby rail. The two principal interior cities are Kimberleyand Johannesburg (p. 448). There is no important town in. Fig. 334. A scene at the market in Kimberley. Oxen are extensively used by the Boersas draught-animals. German South Africa, which is for the most part an aridplateau. To what nation does Walfisch Bay belong ? Central Africa This vast area is in large part a great unknown. Muchof it is tropical forest ; but on the northern and southernsides are open savannas (p. 418). The Rivers. — Owing to the heavy rainfall of the forestbelt, the rivers are large. The Nile and Zambesi, already 452 AFRICA described, and the Niger and Kongo, all receive waterfrom the equatorial rains. The Niger is navigable insections ; but there are rapids in some parts, and in itsnorthern portion the river dwindles in size because of thedry climate. Its large tributary, the Benue, is is the immense Kongo, which empties into the seaa few degrees south of the equator, that offers the best
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