Witwatersrand (uluhlu lweentaba)

IWitwatersrand ludederhu lweentaba eMzantsi Afrika . [ Witwatersrand] sa [ Geonames.org (cc-by)]; post updated 2012-01-18; database download sa 2017-02-28 Ifumaneka kwiphondo laseGauteng, kumntla-mpuma welizwe, iikhilomitha  ngasentshona yePitoli , ikomkhulu lelizwe. I-Witwatersrand ibekwe kwichibi iHartbeespoortdam .

I-Witwatersrand (kwingingqi yeRandi okanye, ingaqhelekanga, "iReef") yi-56 yeekhilomitha (35 mi), iscarp ejonge emantla eMzantsi Afrika. Iqulathe ilitye eliqinileyo le quartzite metamorphic rock, apho imilambo emininzi equkuqela emantla yenza iingxangxasi, nto leyo yenza igama elithi Witwatersrand, elithetha "intlambo yamanzi amhlophe" ngesiBhulu. Olu lungelelwaniso lwempuma-ntshona lunokulandelelwa kumgama omfutshane, ukusuka e-Bedfordview (malunga neekhilomitha ezili-10 [iikhilomitha ezi-6] kwintshona yeSikhululo seenqwelo-moya saMazwe ngaMazwe sase-OR Tambo ) empuma, ukudlula eRhawutini naseRoodepoort, ukuya kutsho eKrugersdorp entshona.