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Witwatersrand

Witwatersrand is a low mountain range which runs through Johannesburg in South Africa. The word in the Afrikaans language means "white water range".

The "rand" or reef is famous for being the source of 40% of the gold ever mined from the earth. It is 60 miles / 100 km long and 3.6km deep in places.

The Rand became the unit of currency of South Africa when it gained independence from Britain in 1961.

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