Landscapes and landforms of South Africa. ([2015])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Landscapes and landforms of South Africa. ([2015])
- Main Title:
- Landscapes and landforms of South Africa
- Further Information:
- Note: Stefan Grab, Jasper Knight, editors.
- Editors:
- Grab, S. W
Knight, Jasper - 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.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham [Switzerland] : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 916.8
Geography
TRAVEL -- Africa -- General
Geography
Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography
Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology
Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection
Physical geography & topography
Ecological science, the Biosphere
Soil science, sedimentology
Physical geography
Ecology
Soil conservation
Geological surface processes (geomorphology)
South Africa -- Geography
South Africa
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319035604
3319035606
3319035592
9783319035598 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319035598
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