Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa (World Geomorphological Landscapes)

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. 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. Edited By Stefan Grab, Jasper Knight. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa—An Overview....Pages 1-9 Sandstone Landforms of the Karoo Basin: Naturally Sculpted Rock....Pages 11-21 The Mpumalanga/Limpopo Escarpment: Geology and Fluvial Landforms....Pages 23-29 Landscape and Landforms of the Vredefort Dome: Exposing an Old Wound....Pages 31-38 Geomorphological Evolution of the Pilanesberg....Pages 39-46 The Drakensberg Escarpment: Mountain Processes at the Edge....Pages 47-55 Rocky Shorelines of the Wild Coast....Pages 57-63 The Augrabies Falls Region: A Fluvial Landscape Divided in Flow but Magnificent in Spectacle....Pages 65-73 The Richtersveld: An Ancient Rocky Wilderness....Pages 75-83 The Cederberg: A Rugged Sandstone Topography....Pages 85-93 Table Mountain: Wonder of Nature at the Foot of Africa....Pages 95-102 The Cape Winelands....Pages 103-109 The Kruger National Park: Geology and Geomorphology of the Wilderness....Pages 111-120 The Maputaland Corridor: A Coastal Geomorphological Treasure....Pages 121-128 Of Dunes, Depressions and Dry Valleys: The Arid Landscapes of the Kalahari Desert....Pages 129-137 The Western Free State Panfield: A Landscape of Myriad Pans and Lunettes....Pages 139-145 The Sterkfontein Caves: Geomorphology and Hominin-Bearing Deposits....Pages 147-153 Military Geography: Landscapes of the Anglo-Boer War....Pages 155-164 Geoheritage and Geotourism in South Africa....Pages 165-173 Back Matter....Pages 175-187 This book details the process origins and environmental significance of prominent landscapes in South Africa, including the Blyde River Canyon, Augrabies Falls and the Orange River, the Kalahari desert landscape, rocky coasts and alluvial river systems.