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| Image number: | 1338 |
| Feature : | dune field |
| Grouping : | aeolian deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Witsand Nature Reserve-Olifantshoek |
| Country : | South-Africa |
| Region - tribe : | Northern Cape |
| Physiographic region : | Vaal & Orange River basin |
| Notice : | notice White sands in the brownish Namib sand sea. Leaching took away the iron oxides which give the brownish colour |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 1338. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |