Lost City of the Kalahari
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The Lost City of the Kalahari is a historical mystery of exploration and archaeology dating to the end of the 19th century. History reports the existence of a ruined city found in the Kalahari Desert
Wire pont ferry, Vaal River
Captain Derek Veelander, Kalahari
Schernbrueker Gorge of The Hundred Falls, Orange River
Kattea encampment, Kalahari Desert
Drakensberg
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The Drakensberg is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – 2,000 to 3,482 metres within
Lost City of the Kalahari
…but as a natural formation. Clement had found a geological curiosity, dating back 180 million years to the great upheaval accompanying the birth of the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa. The stones are composed of dolerite, a particular type of igneous rock which can erode to give the appearance of straight and regular…
View of the Amphitheatre at the Royal Natal National Park
This approximate SW-NE cross section through South Africa with the Cape Peninsula (with Table Mountain) on the far left, and north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal on the right, is diagrammatic and only roughly to scale. It shows how the Drakensberg Escarpment is related to the major geographical features that dominate the southern and eastern parts of the country, particularly the Central Plateau, whose southwestern edge (in the diagram) is called the Roggeberg escarpment (not labelled). The major geological layers that shape this geography are indicated in different colors whose significance and origin are explained under the headings "
Tugela Falls vicinity – Tugela River in valley
Little Saddle