Abstract
A YEAR ago, C. A. Cotton published a text-book of geomorphology in which the account was illustrated primarily from the topography of New Zealand. A similar volume by Dr. L. C. King, taking its examples from South Africa, has now become available. Whereas New Zealand provides unsurpassed examples of land forms developed in a humid climate, South African scenery has developed under conditions of limited rainfall, often approximating to desert. The new book thus covers a range of phenomena different in detail from those described by Cotton, and the two books are in many ways complementary.
South African Scenery
A Textbook of Geomorphology. By Dr. L. C. King. Pp. xxiv + 340 + 144 plates. (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1942.) 25s. net.
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KENT, P. South African Scenery. Nature 152, 59–60 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152059a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/152059a0