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 | | South Africa is located at the extreme south of Africa, with a long coastlinethat stretches more than 2,500 km and across two oceans (the Atlantic and the Indian).South Africa has a great variety of climate zones, from the extreme desert of theKalahari near Namibia to lush subtropical climate along the border with Mozambique. |
 | | South Africa's most prevalent biome is grassland, which is particularlypresent on the Highveld, where the plant cover is dominated by different grasses, low shrubs, and acacia trees, mainly camel-thorn and whitethorn. |
 | | South Africa is a middle-income, developed country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal,communications, energy, and transport sectors, a stock exchange,JSE Securities Exchange, that ranks among the 10largest in the world, and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centres throughoutthe region. |
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