a rocky ridge in NE South Africa: contains the richest gold deposits in the world, also coal and manganese; chief industrial centre is Johannesburg. Height: 1500–1800 m (5000–6000 ft)
Also called: the Rand, the Reef
Witwatersrand in American English
(wɪtˈwɔtərzˌrænd)
region in South Africa, between the Vaal River & Johannesburg, consisting of ranges of hills that contain rich gold fields