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  2. Geology of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The geology of Africa is varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent. The African continent rests over two main plates. The African Plate , accounting for the whole of north Africa, and the Somali Plate , which accounts for the eastern side of mid and southern Africa. [ 1 ]

  3. Category:Geology of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Geology of Africa" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. ... Geography of Africa; Gibraltar Arc; Gondwana; H. Richard L ...

  4. African plate - Wikipedia

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    Features Africa , Atlantic Ocean , Mediterranean Sea , Red Sea The African plate , also known as the Nubian plate , is a major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa (except for its easternmost part ) and the adjacent oceanic crust to the west and south.

  5. Category:Geologic formations of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Geologic formations of Africa by country (25 C, 12 P) Geologic groups of Africa (4 C, 16 P) ...

  6. Uitenhage Group - Wikipedia

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    The Uitenhage Group is one of three geological groups, which comprise the onshore and offshore post-Karoo middle to lower Upper Mesozoic geological rock units in South Africa.

  7. West African Craton - Wikipedia

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    During its wanderings, at different times covered by ice sheets, forests, marshes or arid desert, the surface of the West African Craton has been heavily eroded by ice, water and wind. In most places the original rocks are buried far below more recent volcanic and sedimentary deposits. The visible features are usually of comparatively recent ...

  8. Geology of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    Geological map of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay Geological section of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. Cape Town lies at the south-western corner of the continent of Africa. It is bounded to the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north and east by various other municipalities in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

  9. Geology of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The geology of the country is the base for a large mining sector that extracts gold, diamonds, iron and coal from world-class deposits. The geomorphology of South Africa consists of a high plateau rimmed to west, south and southeast by the Great Escarpment , and the rugged mountains of the Cape Fold Belt .