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| Image number: | 1955 |
| Feature : | termite hill |
| Grouping : | faunal construction |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Livingstone |
| Country : | Zimbabwe |
| Region - tribe : | Zambezi |
| Physiographic region : | Kalahari sand plateau |
| Notice : | The miombo forest contains numerous termate nests, ant nests, ant hills. They work up the sand from several meters below the surface to construct the typical hills. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 1955. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |