Overberg is a region in South Africa to the east of Cape Town beyond the Hottentots-Holland mountains. It lies along the Western Cape Province 's south coast between the Cape Peninsula and the region known as the Garden Route in the east. The boundaries of the Overberg are the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the West; the Riviersonderend Mountains , part of the Cape Fold Belt , in the North; the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the South and the Breede River in the East.
4-639: Riviersonderend is a village in the Overberg region of the Western Cape , South Africa , about 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Cape Town . It is located on a loop of the Sonderend River , from which it takes its name. In the census of 2011 it was recorded as having a population of 5,245. The N2 national road passes through Riviersonderend, forming its main street; it is 161 kilometres (100 mi) by road from central Cape Town. The village
8-406: A large diversity of flowering plants not found anywhere else in the fynbos biome . The major towns are Hermanus , Caledon , Bredasdorp , Grabouw and Swellendam and the region includes Cape Agulhas , the southernmost point of Africa . The landscape is dominated by gently to moderately undulating hills enclosed by mountains and the ocean. The name, derived from Over 't Berg , means "over
12-733: The breadbasket of the Cape and is largely given to grain farming — mainly wheat. The wheat fields are a major breeding ground for South Africa 's national bird, the blue crane . Another important crop in the Overberg is fruit, with the Elgin Valley producing about 60 percent of the total annual apple crop of about 819 000 tonnes (2012 data). Nestled in the Overberg, one can find the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (recognised and registered with UNESCO ) populated with
16-570: Was established in 1923, when Edith S V McIntyre sold a portion of her farm, Tierhoek, to the local Dutch Reformed church council for 6000 pounds . First known as "Rivier Zonder End" ( Dutch for "river without end"), the name later changed to the Afrikaans "Riviersonderend". The name itself was originally a literal translation of the Khoikhoi name "Kannakamkanna" ("river without end"). Overberg The area has always been considered as
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