African Geographic Pictures Collection

Search | About the collection | Practical guide | Contact


link

Image number: 1326
Feature : dune
Grouping : aeolian deposits
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 1999
Locality : Kalahari sand sea East of Kuruman
Country : South-Africa
Region - tribe : Northern Cape
Physiographic region : Vaal & Orange River basin
Notice : notice Fossil dunes in the valleys of the Namibian highland outliers. Kalahari sand sea was active during LGM and other dry periods. Water retaining capacity of orange sand makes vegetation possible.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1999    Image 1326.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"