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| Image number: | 1975 |
| Feature : | granite domes and tors |
| Grouping : | structural relief |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Dombo Shawa |
| Country : | Zimbabwe |
| Region - tribe : | Vicinity of Harare |
| Physiographic region : | Kalahari sand plateau |
| Notice : | Granite rocks often outcrop in the form of domes. Granite intrusions in the roof of a batholith have often this form. Tors are often weathered exfoliation slabs. The mountain at the horizon is composed of several dome structures. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 1975. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |