Robertson Karoo

Robertson Karoo is a semi-arid vegetation type, restricted to sections of the Breede River Valley, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

This vegetation type occurs in several large patches within the Breede River Valley, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

It occurs in the area between Worcester in the north-west, Ashton in the east, and the Riviersonderend mountains in the south.

Robertson Karoo typically consists of low hills and flats covered in small succulent vegetation, usually growing on rocky shale-based soils.

The climate is semi-arid due to the region lying in the rainshadow of the large mountain ranges to the south-west, but the rainfall does tend to occur mainly in winter.