Etosha Pan and the Karstveld
Etosha Pan and the Karstveld
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埃托沙潘和喀斯特维尔德
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2015
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通讯作者：
H. Viles
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A. Goudie;H. Viles
埃托沙潘是纳米比亚的标志性景观之一，现在纳米比亚是吸引野生动物的主要水坑区域。从地貌上看，它是一大片内部排水，是短暂泛滥的。然而，它有着悠久的历史，既受到流入河流网络变化的影响，也受到气候变化的影响。它的海岸周围是古老的海岸线、新月沙丘、叠层石堆积和泉丘。该地区还分布着大量的钙质混凝土。埃托沙以东的古老石灰岩和白云岩形成了一系列喀斯特现象，包括封闭的凹陷和洞穴，也具有极大的科学和风景价值。
Etosha Pan is one of the iconic landscape features in Namibia, which now acts as a major area of waterholes attracting wildlife. Geomorphologically, it is a large area of internal drainage, which is ephemerally flooded. It has, however, a long history, which has been influenced by both changes in the network of inflowing rivers and changes in climate. Around its shores are old shorelines, lunette dunes, stromatolite accumulations, and spring mounds. The area also has extensive spreads of calcrete. The old limestones and dolomites to the east of Etosha have given rise to a range of karst phenomena, including closed depressions and caves which are also of great scientific and scenic interest.