Basutoland, or Lesuto (Lesotho) as the natives call it, forms the south-eastern edge of the interior tableland of South Africa, and has a rugged and broken surface with a mean elevation of 6000 ft.
The Caledon also, sweeping southward, unites with the Orange beyond the frontiers of Basutoland.
Basutoland is entirely occupied by the upper division (Stormberg series) of the Karroo formation.
Heaths, generally somewhat rare in South Africa outside the Cape peninsula, are abundant in Basutoland.
There are numerous mission stations throughout Basutoland, to several of which Biblical names have been given, such as Shiloh, Hermon, Cana, Bethesda, Berea.