African Geographic Pictures Collection
Search |
About the collection |
Practical guide |
Contact
| Image number: | 2510 |
| Feature : | gorge |
| Grouping : | geological structures |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Fish River Canyon |
| Country : | Namibia |
| Region - tribe : | Namib Desert |
| Physiographic region : | Fish River |
| Notice : | Hell's Bend. This is the sharpest and most famous meander made by the Fish River. The Canyon is some 160 km long, and up to 550m deep. The Fish River, though now much reduced in volume formerly eroded deep into the surrounding dolomite bedrock. |
| Reference : | Vandecasteele, Ine, 2009 Image 2510. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |