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| Image number: | 1345 |
| Feature : | cave |
| Grouping : | karst, caves, chemical deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Wonderwerk cave |
| Country : | South-Africa |
| Region - tribe : | Northern Cape |
| Physiographic region : | Vaal & Orange River basin |
| Notice : | notice This pipe cave is believed to be a solution feature in dolomite rocks as a result of underground river flow during a wetter period in the geological past. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 1345. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |