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Image number: 2358
Feature : potholes
Grouping : river erosion
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2009
Locality : Gaborone
Country : Botswana
Region - tribe : Gaborone
Physiographic region : Limpopo basin
Notice : Matsieng pool. National Heritage Site. The Batswana believe that Matsieng, the first man, rose out of this pool, which is several metres deep. It is presumed that the pool is in fact a large pothole which was eroded into the bed of a large river previously running through this area.
Reference : Vandecasteele, Ine,   2009    Image 2358.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"