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The Sands of Kalahari

Author : William Mulvihill
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 183974037X
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book The Sands of Kalahari written by William Mulvihill and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sands of Kalahari, first published in 1960, begins its gripping story with the crash-landing of a small plane carrying seven people in the harsh Kalahari desert. Their struggle to survive in the wilderness around them―as well as each other―make up the bulk of this classic tale of adventure. A film version of the book was made in 1965. From the book cover: To the desert came the plane, to the immeasurable wastes of Africa. And by the dawn of the second day―after the night storm, the hours of flight, the crash, the day of waiting, and the death of Detjens―six remained, alone, strangers, with only themselves and the wreckage and the black mountain on the horizon for company. The six: Sturdevant, the pilot, burdened with a guilt far greater than the loss of his plane; Grimmelmann, the wizened old German, veteran of the Herero war and the two World Wars, wise in the lore of the desert and the ways of the world; Jefferson Smith, a Negro, a professor and a scholar, come to Africa on a Foundation grant; Mike Bain, engineer, drifter, drunkard, vaguely in search of a job in the interior, ill-equipped to cope with the demands of the desert; Grace Monckton, English divorcee, returning to her family's ranch in the Union; and finally, O'Brien, a man of great strength, sometime millionaire, sometime wanderer, a hunter by instinct and by choice. The six, brought together by chance, and with the odds of survival overwhelmingly against them, have only each other, for both friend and foe. Around them is the desert―implacable, pitiless, filled with unseen enemies. And on the horizon is the black mountain, beyond which is hidden the unknown.

The Kalahari Environment

Author : David Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521370809
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book The Kalahari Environment written by David Thomas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-02-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an integrated, thorough and up-to-date review of the nature and development of the Kalahari environment, an environment of great ecological and geomorphological diversity. Its complex climatic and geological history and its long association with human societies attempting to utilise its natural resources are aspects of increasing scientific interest. The book has evolved from the authors' own research in the Kalahari, and attempts to provide explanations and answers to some of the many questions raised about this region, ranging from the commonly asked 'is it really a desert?', to more specific and detailed concerns. The interdisciplinary approach will make the book of interest to researchers, lecturers and advanced students in earth sciences, environmental studies, tropical geomorphology and Quaternary science. The extensive bibliography will also make the book a very important source of reference.

Flowering Plants of the Kalahari Dunes

Author : Noel Van Rooyen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flowering Plants of the Kalahari Dunes written by Noel Van Rooyen and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Study of Global Sand Seas

Author : Edwin Dinwiddie McKee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book A Study of Global Sand Seas written by Edwin Dinwiddie McKee and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hyena Nights & Kalahari Days

Author : M. G. L. Mills
Publisher : Jacana Media
ISBN 13 : 1770098119
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Hyena Nights & Kalahari Days written by M. G. L. Mills and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating account of scientific study among forbidding wilderness, a husband-and-wife team describe their trek to the Kalahari to study the little-known brown hyena. The details of the scientific inquiry are provided while the daily challenges of living with children 420 kilometers from the nearest town are described. Despite the hardships, the couple becomes so enchanted by these intelligent animals that they stay for 12 years, documenting many hyena clans and observing behavior only a handful of people have ever seen.

Report of the Annual Meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Annual Meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Ecology and Human Evolution

Author : Francois Bourliere
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351533614
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book African Ecology and Human Evolution written by Francois Bourliere and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The record of man's early evolution, though still fragmentary, is more complete on the African continent than anywhere else in the world. The ecological context of this evolution, however, has been studied intensively only in recent years. This pioneering volume draws together eminent specialists from many fields--physical anthropologists, zoologists, geologists, paleontologists, and prehistorians--who summarize here the results of their diverse research on Pleistocene environments and the cultural and biological evolution of man in Africa. This volume was sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc., which met at Burg Wartenstein, Austria. The editors have field experience in Africa, especially eastern and equatorial Africa. This experience is coupled with their awareness of the need to integrate results of numerous field studies bearing on the biological-behavioral evolution of higher primates with other field studies on the paleoecology and the mammalian ecology of sub-Saharan Africa. The book includes contributions on Pleistocene stratigraphy and climatic changes throughout the African continent; on the origin and evolution of the earliest man-like creatures in Africa; on the dating, distribution, and adaptation of Pleistocene hunter-gatherer peoples; and on the ecology, biology, and social behavior of African primate and human populations. The chapters reflect vividly the state of current knowledge at the time and indicate paths for future research. Over 100 maps and figures, detailed bibliographies, and a comprehensive index contribute to the importance of the volume for basic reference use.

Earth's Landscape [2 volumes]

Author : Joyce A. Quinn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1211 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Earth's Landscape [2 volumes] written by Joyce A. Quinn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 1211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unusual encyclopedia brings together in-depth information on more than 450 natural geographic features from around the world and offers an array of creative tools to promote critical thinking and classroom discussion. With Earth undergoing rapid environmental change, students and the general public alike should be knowledgeable about the world's geographic features. This authoritative, two-volume reference enables readers do just that. It describes continents and oceans; individual mountains, islands, caves, and rivers; and ecological entities such as wildlife refuges and national parks. Each entry provides a geographic overview of the feature's significance, location, description, geologic history, biota, protected areas, and environmental issues. But the coverage goes even deeper so that entries also discuss the cultural importance of each natural place, covering everything from indigenous beliefs to traditional folklore to contemporary legends. The encyclopedia stands apart from other works not only in the depth of its coverage but also in its range. It discusses lesser known as well as prominent geographical features and offers critical thinking aids that will help students see how the natural world relates to their daily lives. Teaching and learning tools include an appendix called "Opposing Viewpoints" that allows students to understand landforms involved in current conflicts and disputes as well as an "Activities/Discussion Questions" appendix.

Bulletin

Author : Southern Rhodesia. Geological Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Southern Rhodesia. Geological Survey and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Prehistory of Southern Rhodesia

Author : Neville Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107644224
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Prehistory of Southern Rhodesia written by Neville Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1949, this book presents research into the prehistory of the area then known as Southern Rhodesia in the early twentieth century.

Regolith Exploration Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Terrains

Author : C.R.M. Butt
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483291227
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Regolith Exploration Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Terrains written by C.R.M. Butt and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of exploration geochemistry has increased enormously in the last decade. The present volume specifically addresses those geochemical exploration practices appropriate for tropical, sub-tropical and adjacent areas – in environments ranging from rainforest to desert. Practical recommendations are made for the optimization of sampling, and analytical and interpretational procedures for exploration according to the particular nature of tropically weathered terrains. The underlying theme is the recognition that regions between 35°N and 35°S in particular have a common history of deep chemical weathering and lateritization during the late Mesozoic and early Tertiary. This has had a profound and lasting effect, so that the surface geochemical expressions of mineralization throughout these regions have many similar features, with local modification due to more recent weathering under changed climates. The volume discusses the data derived from numerous research and case studies in terms of exploration and dispersion models based on the weathering and geomorphological history. The models permit valid comparisons between equivalent terrains that may be geographically widely separated and situated in quite different climatic environments. The basis of the volume is to view geochemical dispersion within the context of a genetic understanding of the evolution of landforms and the regolith (i.e. landscape geochemistry) and to develop exploration procedures based on this understanding. This book should be of interest to exploration geochemists, economic geologists, soil scientists, geomorphologists and environmental geochemists.

Geological Survey Professional Paper

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geological Survey Professional Paper written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa

Author : Marinus J.A. Werger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400999518
Total Pages : 1402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa written by Marinus J.A. Werger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern Africa is certainly not a naturally bounded area so that there are several possibilities for delineating it and concepts about its extent. Wellington* discussed the various possibilities for delineation and suggested that one line stands out more clearly and definitely as a physical boundary than any other, namely the South Equatorial Divide, the watershed between the ZaIre, Cuanza and Rufiji Rivers on the one hand and the Z ambezi, Cunene and Rovuma Rivers on the other. This South Equatorial Divide is indeed a major line of separation for some organisms and is also applicable in a certain geographical sense, though it does not possess the slightest significance for many other groups of organisms, ecosystems or geographical and physical features of Africa. The placing of the northern boundary of southern Africa differs in fact strongly per scientific dis cipline and is also influenced by practical considerations regarding the possibilities of scientific work as subordinate to certain political realities and historically grown traditions. This is illustrated, for example, in such works as the Flora of Southern Africa, where the northern boundary of the area is conceived as the northern and eastern political boundaries of South West Africa, South Africa and Swaziland. Botswana, traditionally included in the area covered by the Flora Zambesiaca, thus forms a large wedge in 'Southern Africa'.

Climate Change in Deserts

Author : Martin Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107016916
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change in Deserts written by Martin Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A synthesis of the environmental and climatic history of every major desert and desert margin, for researchers and advanced students.

Elephants and Savanna Woodland Ecosystems

Author : Christina Skarpe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118858581
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Elephants and Savanna Woodland Ecosystems written by Christina Skarpe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century, ivory hunting caused a substantial decrease of elephant numbers in southern Africa. Soon after that, populations of many other large and medium-sized herbivores went into steep decline due to the rinderpest pandemic in the 1890s. These two events provided an opportunity for woodland establishment in areas previously intensively utilized by elephants and other herbivores. The return of elephants to currently protected areas of their former range has greatly influenced vegetation locally and the resulting potential negative effects on biodiversity are causing concern among stakeholders, managers, and scientists. This book focuses on the ecological effects of the increasing elephant population in northern Botswana, presenting the importance of the elephants for the heterogeneity of the system, and showing that elephant ecology involves much wider spatiotemporal scales than was previously thought. Drawing on the results of their research, the authors discuss elephant-caused effects on vegetation in nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor savannas, and the potential competition between elephants on the one hand and browsers and mixed feeders on the other. Ultimately this text provides a comprehensive review of ecological processes in African savannas, covering long-term ecosystem changes and human-wildlife conflicts. It summarises new knowledge on the ecology of the sub-humid African savanna ecosystems to advance the general functional understanding of savanna ecosystems across moisture and nutrient gradients.

Bulletin - Rhodesia Geological Survey

Author : Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin - Rhodesia Geological Survey written by Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing in the San/d

Author : Keyan G. Tomaselli
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759109513
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Writing in the San/d written by Keyan G. Tomaselli and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San/Bushmen are one of the most studied people in anthropology, subjects of research going back one hundred years, of documentaries, and even of popular movies (The Gods Must Be Crazy). This intriguing new work on the San is a team-based ethnography, collaborative (one of the writers is married to a member of the community), reflexive (the authors become characters in the book themselves), and literary (with poetry, dialogue, interviews, photography, and first person accounts, as well as traditional ethnographic description). In this book, South Africans are studying other South Africans, in a new environment in which many San are no longer hunter gatherers, but are activist and engaged in cultural tourism. It will be an exciting counterpoint to traditional ethnographies and stories about the San people, for anthropologists and Africanists.