Hydrology of South Africa: Or, Details of the Former Hydrographic Condition of the Cape of Good Hope, and of Causes of Its Present Aridity, with Suggestions of Appropriate Remedies for this AridityJohn Croumbie Brown H. S. King & Company, 1875 - 260 páginas |
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appearance aridity atmosphere bank basin beds bridge burning burnt bush Cape carried cause clay clouds coal coast Colony consequence considerable continued covered crust deep deposit depth desiccation destroyed destruction district Dr Livingstone drained drought dry land earth elevation evaporation existing extensive fall feet fire flood flow forests formation geological gneiss granite grass ground heat height hills hornblende Humansdorp hydrographic condition inches indications island Karroo Kloof Kuruman lake limestone Makololo mass measures mica miles moisture Mossel Bay mountain ranges observations occurred ocean Old Red Sandstone Orange River passed period physical geography plains plants Port Elizabeth portion present rain rainfall Red Sandstone regard rocks sand says schists Sea Point seems seen shales shore side Silurian soil South Africa stone strata stream supply surface Table Mountain thickness timber tion torrents town travellers trees Uitenhage upheaval valley vegetation waggon whole wind Zambesi
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