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Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa

This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them. It describes the processes, origins and the environmental significance of those landscapes, including their relationships to human activity of th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Grab, Stefan (Editor ), Knight, Jasper (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:World Geomorphological Landscapes,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa - an overview -- Sandstone Landforms of the Karoo Basin: Naturally Sculpted Rock -- The Mpumalanga/Limpopo Escarpment: Geology and Fluvial Landforms -- Landscape and Landforms of the Vredefort Dome: Exposing an Old Wound -- Geomorphological evolution of the Pilanesberg -- The Drakensberg escarpment: mountain processes at the edge -- Rocky shorelines of the Wild Coast -- The Augrabies Falls region: a fluvial landscape divided in flow but magnificent in spectacle -- The Richtersveld: an ancient rocky wilderness -- The Cederberg: a rugged sandstone topography -- Table Mountain: Wonder of Nature at the Foot of Africa -- The Cape Winelands -- The Kruger National Park: geology and geomorphology of the wilderness -- The Maputaland Corridor: a coastal geomorphological treasure -- Of dunes, depressions and dry valleys: the arid landscapes of the Kalahari Desert -- The Western Free State Panfield: a landscape of myriad pans and lunettes -- The Sterkfontein Caves: geomorphology and hominin-bearing deposits -- Military Geography: Landscapes of the Anglo-Boer War -- Geoheritage and geotourism in South Africa. 
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