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| Image number: | 1326 |
| Feature : | dune |
| Grouping : | aeolian deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Kalahari sand sea East of Kuruman |
| Country : | South-Africa |
| Region - tribe : | Northern Cape |
| Physiographic region : | Vaal & Orange River basin |
| Notice : | notice Fossil dunes in the valleys of the Namibian highland outliers. Kalahari sand sea was active during LGM and other dry periods. Water retaining capacity of orange sand makes vegetation possible. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 1326. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |