Zeekoevlei

Zeekoevlei is a major freshwater lake on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. [1] The lake is 258 hectares (640 acres) in area.[2] The name means "hippopotamus marsh," with "vlei" being Afrikaans for "marsh", and "zeekoe" (literally "sea-cow") being Dutch for hippopotamus. The Afrikaans word for hippopotamus,"seekoei", descends from the Dutch.

Zeekoevlei
Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve on the Cape Flats of Cape Town, with the edge of Table Mountain visible in the background
Zeekoevlei
LocationWestern Cape Province, South Africa
Coordinates34°04′S 18°31′E
Typelake
Surface area258 hectares (640 acres)

Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve (established in June 2000) is based on the lake. The total superficy of the reserve is 344 hectares (850 acres).[2] It is separated by a peninsula from the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and preserves endangered Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland ecosystems. [3]

Zeekoevlei is used often for recreational rowing and sailing, and is home to the Bishops Boitjies rowing shed.

See also

References
  1. ZEEKOEVLEI
  2. "Module 6 - South Reserves - Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve". planet.botany.uwc.ac.za. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  3. "Zeekoevlei"
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