Eastern Cape | province, South Africa | Britannica
Eastern Cape is predominantly mountainous country. It includes the southern spur of the Drakensberg, rising to more than 9,000 feet (2,700 m) in the northeast, and descends southward from the great interior plateau (Highveld) of southern Africa to form a relatively narrow coastal plain along the Indian of the Highveld and the Great Fish River, the topography is characterized by ...