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Limpopo

Limpopo
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About Limpopo

Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is situated in Lebowakgomo.

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There is a fig tree above the Echo Caves in Limpopo which is only about 10 meters above the ground but its roots reach 120 meters underground.

from 339: No Such Thing As A Penguin in a Nightclub, 2020-09-18 at 00:47:48 ยท read transcript

Other times Limpopo came up

  1. The surrounding trees towering above it if it makes it feel better I think that's ok I think again there's like some kind of story that we can all relate to about being small but underneath being really anyway these caves in Limpopo basically the figs do have long roots anyway but they were searching for water and they went all the way down because in this cave there's like a big water system and we only found out about the roots because people went.

    339: No Such Thing As A Penguin in a Nightclub, 2020-09-18 ยท listen

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