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| Image number: | 1341 |
| Feature : | fossil dune |
| 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 Bushes and trees have colonised the formerly active Namib sand sea. Although the water table is very deep, the sands have an important retaining capacity for the sparse rain water. This allows vegetation to grow. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 1341. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |