Table Mountain
Mountain
A flat-topped mountain watching over Cape Town.
Table Mountain rises 1,086 metres above Cape Town, at the south-western tip of Africa. Its top is a plateau about three kilometres wide, as flat as a table.
Often a cloud pours over the edge and hangs there. People call it the tablecloth. More than 2,000 kinds of plants grow on the mountain, many of which are found nowhere else.
- high
- 1,086 m
- the flat top is wide
- 3 km
- kinds of plants
- 2,000+
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The floor of the cable car turns as it climbs, so everyone gets the view.
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The dassie, a furry animal the size of a rabbit that lives on the mountain, is a distant relative of the elephant.
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A group of stars is named after it: Mensa, Latin for table.
Question 1 of 2
What is the cloud on top of the mountain called?
- SossusvleiRed sand dunes as high as skyscrapers, in the oldest desert in the world.
- Okavango DeltaA river that never reaches the sea.
- Victoria FallsThe Smoke That Thunders, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- Avenue of the BaobabsGiant trees that look as if they were planted upside down.
It is in South Africa.
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