Echo Caves, the Glossary
The Echo Caves in Limpopo, South Africa, are set in Precambrian dolomite rock, which was first laid down about 3800 million years ago, when Africa was still part of Gondwana.[1]
Table of Contents
10 relations: Dolomite (rock), Gondwana, Limpopo, List of caves in South Africa, Ohrigstad, Pedi people, Precambrian, South Africa, Speleothem, Sudwala Caves.
- Caves of South Africa
- Landforms of Limpopo
Dolomite (rock)
Dolomite (also known as dolomite rock, dolostone or dolomitic rock) is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2.
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Gondwana
Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa.
List of caves in South Africa
This is a list of caves of in South Africa. Echo Caves and list of caves in South Africa are caves of South Africa.
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Ohrigstad
Ohrigstad (Afrikaans for Ohrig city), formerly Andries Orieg Stad, is a small town to the north of Lydenburg in the Limpopo province, South Africa.
Pedi people
The Pedi or Bapedi - also known as the Northern Sotho, Basotho ba Lebowa, bakgatla ba dithebe, Transvaal Sotho, Marota, or Dikgoshi - are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to South Africa, Botswana, and Lesotho that speak Pedi or Sepedi, which is one of the 12 official languages in South Africa.
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Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pC, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Speleothem
A speleothem is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves.
Sudwala Caves
The Sudwala Caves in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are set in Precambrian dolomite rock, which was first laid down about 2800 million years ago. Echo Caves and Sudwala Caves are caves of South Africa and Limestone caves.
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See also
Caves of South Africa
- Blombos Cave
- Boesmansgat
- Boomplaas Cave
- Burchell's Shelter
- Cango Caves
- Cooper's Cave
- Echo Caves
- Gladysvale Cave
- Gondolin Cave
- Haasgat
- Heerenlogement
- Isinuka Mud Caves and Sulphur Pools
- Klasies River Caves
- Kromdraai fossil site
- List of caves in South Africa
- Makapansgat
- Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind
- Mapoch's Caves
- Melkhoutboom Cave
- Minnaar's Cave
- Motsetsi
- Nelson Bay Cave
- Onmeetbarediepgat
- Pinnacle Point
- Plovers Lake
- Rising Star Cave
- Rose Cottage Cave
- Sacred caves of the Basotho
- Sibudu Cave
- Stadsaal Caves
- Sterkfontein
- Sudwala Caves
- Taung
- Witsie's Cave (Lekhalong la Witsie)
- Wonder Cave (Kromdraai, Gauteng)
- Wonderwerk Cave
Landforms of Limpopo
- Echo Caves
- Hanglip
- Lanner Gorge