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Landscapes and landforms of South Africa [electronic resource] / Stefan Grab, Jasper Knight, editors.

Grab, Stefan, editor.; Knight, Jasper, editor.
2015
DT1728
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Title
Landscapes and landforms of South Africa [electronic resource] / Stefan Grab, Jasper Knight, editors.
ISBN
9783319035604 electronic book
3319035606 electronic book
9783319035598
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03560-4
Published
Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2015]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-03560-4 doi
Call Number
DT1728
Dewey Decimal Classification
916.8
Summary
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 the past and present. The sites described in this book include, amongst others, the Blyde River Canyon, Augrabies Falls, Kruger National Park, Kalahari desert landscapes, the Great Escarpment, Sterkfontein caves and karst system, Table Mountain, Cape winelands, coastal dunes, rocky coasts, Boer War battlefield sites, and Vredefort impact structure. Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa provides a new perspective on South Africa?s scenic landscapes by considering their diversity, long and short term histories, and importance for geoconservation and geotourism. This book will be relevant to those interested in the geology, physical geography and history of South Africa, climate change and landscape tourism.
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Grab, Stefan, editor.
Knight, Jasper, editor.
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World geomorphological landscapes.
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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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