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Maloti-Drakensberg Park

<p>The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a transnational property composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlathebe National…

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<p>The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a transnational property composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlathebe National Park in Lesotho. The site has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandstone ramparts as well as visually spectacular sculptured arches, caves, cliffs, pillars and rock pools. The site&apos;s diversity of habitats protects a high level of endemic and globally important plants. The site harbors endangered species such as the Cape vulture (<em>Gyps coprotheres</em>) and the bear

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Lesotho

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-29.38° N, 29.54° E