Landscapes and Landforms of Botswana

Landscapes and Landforms of Botswana

Eckardt, Frank D.

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

05/2022

403

Dura

Inglês

9783030861018

15 a 20 dias

1469

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Introduction to the Landscape and Landforms of Botswana.- The Angolan catchments of northern Botswana's major rivers: the Cubango, Cuito, Cuando and Zambezi rivers.- The Okavango Delta Peatlands.- Landscape evolution of the Lake Ngami and Mababe Depressions within the Okavango Rift Zone, north-central Botswana.- The Makgadikgadi Basin.- Landscapes and landforms of the Chobe Enclave, Northern Botswana.- The Chobe-Zambezi channel-floodplain system: anatomy of a wetland in a dryland.- Dunes of the southern Kalahari.- Dunes of the northern Kalahari.- Kalahari Pans: Quaternary Evolution and Processes of Ephemeral Lakes.- Dry valleys (mekgacha).- Landscape evolution of the Stampriet Transboundary Basin and relation to the groundwater system.- Calcretes, silcretes and intergrade duricrusts.- Geodiversity of Caves and Rockshelters in Botswana.- Kimberlites, kimberlite exploration, and the geomorphic evolution of Botswana.- Geomorphology and landscapes of the Limpopo River system.- Dams inBotswana: Drying times ahead.- Gorges of eastern Botswana.- Soil Development in the Eastern Hardveld.- The Tsodilo Hills: a multifaceted World Heritage Site.- Geoconservation in Botswana.- Zoogeomorphology of Botswana.
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Geomorphology of Botswana;Botswana landscape;Southern Africa;Sub-continental drainage basins;Kalahari desert;World Heritage wetlands;Mineral and water resources