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Discovering the Fish river canyon / Ron Swilling, Paul van Schalkwyk

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Travel News Namibia. p. 62 - 67 ; Volume 23 No 4Publication details: Windhoek : Ventures Publications, 2015Description: 6 pages illustrations; 30 cmISSN:
  • 2026-7266
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 461 Travel News Namibia
Summary: When the supercontinent Gondwana began to break up, it lifted the continental edges to form the younger and deeper part of the canyon. The increased gradient caused the Fish river to flow faster, carving out the canyon. Considered to be the second largest canyon in the world, the Fish river canyon is 550 metres deep and covers a distance of 90 kilometres to ist end at / Ai-/ Ais.
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When the supercontinent Gondwana began to break up, it lifted the continental edges to form the younger and deeper part of the canyon. The increased gradient caused the Fish river to flow faster, carving out the canyon. Considered to be the second largest canyon in the world, the Fish river canyon is 550 metres deep and covers a distance of 90 kilometres to ist end at / Ai-/ Ais.

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