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Zeekoevlei

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Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve Cape Town
Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve Cape Town

Zeekoevlei is a freshwater lake on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. The lake is 258 hectares (640 acres) in area. The name means hippopotamus pond or marsh, with "vlei" being Afrikaans for a shallow minor lake, often seasonal, and zeekoe (literally "sea-cow") being Dutch for hippopotamus. The Afrikaans word for hippopotamus,"seekoei", descends from the Dutch. Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve (established in June 2000) is based on the lake. The total area of the reserve is 344 hectares (850 acres). It is separated by a peninsula from the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and preserves endangered Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland ecosystems. Zeekoevlei is used for recreational rowing and sailing.

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7941 , Pelikan Park
Western Cape, South Africa
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Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve Cape Town
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