ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF DUTCH NAMES. Difficulty is sometimes experienced in the examination of church records in this region (and the same occurs in the records in family Bibles and inscriptions on tombstones) by the want of familiarity with Dutch nomenclature.
Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Africa is called the tropical continent because of its rainforests and warm to hot moist climates.plit and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Africa is called the tropical continent because of its rainforests and warm to hot moist climates.
South Africa's weather and climate. The country is bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the Indian Ocean; their waters meet at Cape Agulhas, at the southern-most tip of the continent. South Africa is famous for its sunshine.It's a relatively dry country, with an average annual rainfall of about 464mm; the world average is about 860mm. While Western Cape gets most of its rainfall in winter, the rest of the country is generally a summer-rainfall region.emperatures in South Africa tend to be lower than in other countries at similar latitudes such as Australia mainly because of its greater elevation above sea level. South Africa's coastal regions have the warmest winter temperatures in the country.