Geography

With a surface of 1.219.080 km ², the Republic of South Africa spreads in the south end of the African continent. El País newspaper borders on Namibia to the Northwest; in the northern part with Botswana and in the eastern part with Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Suazilandia. El País newspaper is surrounded by the oceans The Atlantic Ocean and Indian. Lesotho, independent country but with important bows with South Africa, is completely surrounded with South African territory.

Due to the extension of the country, the climate is very variable depending on the climatic zones. In the south and the high zones, the climate is moderated, whereas in the northwest the climate is subtropical and in the western part of the country it is semiarid. The annual average of rainfalls is 464 mm.
The principal rivers are the river Orange, which ends in the Atlantic Ocean; the river Vaal, his principal tributary, and the Limpopo, which ends in the Indian ocean, is born near Johannesburgo and then it marks in the north the border with Botswana and Zimbabwe.

The most southern point of the country, and therefore of the African continent, is the end Agulhas.