<P> The Karoo is sharply divided into the Great Karoo and the Little Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain Range , which runs east - west , parallel to the southern coastline , but is separated from the sea by another east - west range called the Outeniqua -- Langeberg Mountains . The Great Karoo lies to the north of the Swartberg range ; the Little Karoo is to the south of it . </P>
name the folded mountains of the western cape that enclose the little karoo
Swartberg Mountain Range