The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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... Lower altitude and tropical situation make their valleys very un- healthy and constitute them two broad belts which are inimical to settlement and traffic and thereby in great measure isolate the plateau of Southern Rhodesia . Still ...
... Lower altitude and tropical situation make their valleys very un- healthy and constitute them two broad belts which are inimical to settlement and traffic and thereby in great measure isolate the plateau of Southern Rhodesia . Still ...
Page 14
... lower . If we add to this certain areas of very dense scrub , useless sand , etc. , there still remain fully nine - tenths of South Africa that may be described as veld of one form or another . Lonely farmhouses with their patches of ...
... lower . If we add to this certain areas of very dense scrub , useless sand , etc. , there still remain fully nine - tenths of South Africa that may be described as veld of one form or another . Lonely farmhouses with their patches of ...
Page 15
... lower - lying Little Karoo between the latter mount- ains and the coastal ranges . The climate of the Little Karoo is more varied and on the whole somewhat less dry ; but more important for explaining the greater density of population ...
... lower - lying Little Karoo between the latter mount- ains and the coastal ranges . The climate of the Little Karoo is more varied and on the whole somewhat less dry ; but more important for explaining the greater density of population ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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