Great Karas Mountains

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National Road B1 and Great Karas Mountains in Narubis between Keetmanshoop and Grunau

The Karas Mountains are a mountain range in the south-east of Namibia and represent a major topography of the Namibian region ǁ Karas.

The Karas Mountains are divided into the Great Karas Mountains in the east ( Afrikaans: Groot Karas Mountains ), an approximately 75 -km-long bedrock massif that towers over the surrounding mostly flat plateaus around 900-1000 m and reaches up to 2,202 meters in Schroffenstein, and the west little Karas Mountains located, a up to 1500 meters high folded mountains. North of the Karas Mountains, the Nama - Karoo Basin extends up to Mariental; south of the Karas Mountains lies the Gamchab Basin, which extends to South Africa.

The Karas Mountains are sometimes very difficult to access due to deep gorges and Felsabgründen; significant Springing into deep gorges of the rivers Karas Mountains (Riviera ) are the lion river, the Gaab, Hom and Gamchab. On a plateau lies the sunken city ǁ Khauxa! Nas.