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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/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |