Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs

This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them. It describes the processes, origins and the environmental significance of those landscapes, including their relationships to human activity of th...

Mô tả đầy đủ

Đã lưu trong:
Chi tiết về thư mục
Những tác giả chính: Grab, Stefan, Knight, Jasper
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Springer 2015
Những chủ đề:
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/57471
Các nhãn: Thêm thẻ
Không có thẻ, Là người đầu tiên thẻ bản ghi này!
Thư viện lưu trữ: Thư viện Trường Đại học Đà Lạt
id oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-57471
record_format dspace
spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-574712023-11-11T05:46:35Z Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs Grab, Stefan Knight, Jasper South Africa Geography TRAVEL Africa This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them. It describes the processes, origins and the environmental significance of those landscapes, including their relationships to human activity of the past and present. The sites described in this book include, amongst others, the Blyde River Canyon, Augrabies Falls, Kruger National Park, Kalahari desert landscapes, the Great Escarpment, Sterkfontein caves and karst system, Table Mountain, Cape winelands, coastal dunes, rocky coasts, Boer War battlefield sites, and Vredefort impact structure. Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa provides a new perspective on South Africa’s scenic landscapes by considering their diversity, long and short term histories, and importance for geoconservation and geotourism. This book will be relevant to those interested in the geology, physical geography and history of South Africa, climate change and landscape tourism. 2015-08-14T09:39:37Z 2015-08-14T09:39:37Z 2015 Book 978-3-319-03560-4 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/57471 en application/pdf Springer
institution Thư viện Trường Đại học Đà Lạt
collection Thư viện số
language English
topic South Africa
Geography
TRAVEL
Africa
spellingShingle South Africa
Geography
TRAVEL
Africa
Grab, Stefan
Knight, Jasper
Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
description This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them. It describes the processes, origins and the environmental significance of those landscapes, including their relationships to human activity of the past and present. The sites described in this book include, amongst others, the Blyde River Canyon, Augrabies Falls, Kruger National Park, Kalahari desert landscapes, the Great Escarpment, Sterkfontein caves and karst system, Table Mountain, Cape winelands, coastal dunes, rocky coasts, Boer War battlefield sites, and Vredefort impact structure. Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa provides a new perspective on South Africa’s scenic landscapes by considering their diversity, long and short term histories, and importance for geoconservation and geotourism. This book will be relevant to those interested in the geology, physical geography and history of South Africa, climate change and landscape tourism.
format Book
author Grab, Stefan
Knight, Jasper
author_facet Grab, Stefan
Knight, Jasper
author_sort Grab, Stefan
title Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
title_short Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
title_full Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
title_fullStr Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
title_full_unstemmed Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa:Features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
title_sort landscapes and landforms of south africa:features some of the most stunning landscapes portrayed through ca. 90 colour photographs
publisher Springer
publishDate 2015
url https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/57471
_version_ 1782546066019713024