Keywords:
Geology
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Ecology
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Geography
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Physical geography
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Soil conservation
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Geoecology.
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Environmental geology.
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Soil science.
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Geomorphology.
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Geography
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Geology
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Physical geography
;
Ecology
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Südafrika
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Südafrika
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Geomorphologie
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Landschaftsentwicklung
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 187 p. 119 illus., 106 illus. in color, online resource)
ISBN:
9783319035604
Series Statement:
World Geomorphological Landscapes
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03560-4
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03560-4
URL:
https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz42916145xcov.jpg
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-03560-4
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa - an overviewSandstone 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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