The Kabompo Gorge in Northern Rhodesia
1928; Wiley; Volume: 71; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1783178
ISSN1475-4959
Autores Tópico(s)African history and culture studies
Resumothe ground. The Earth traveller's movements are to a great extent twodimensional, and perhaps owing to this very fact hills and valleys, undulating country or plain, are the features that claim first notice. To the traveller by air, however, though his own movements are threedimensional, ground features are resolved more or less into a plane, and though he may notice a range of hills before coming up to them, unless they are of considerable magnitude or grandeur they will not be a feature which he will remember nearly so well as the general trend of the rivers, the extent or shape of clearings in bush country, or the direction and trend of outcropping rocks. It is interesting to note that the latter will be equally noticeable, whether taking the form of a high ridge, or flush with the ground surface, or even under the surface, as its effect on the vegetation is even more marked than the appearance of the rock itself. On the other hand, when your physical feature is one of those rare sights of exceptional grandeur or magnitude, it will stand out from its surroundings with greater interest and magnificence when seen from the air. It is so with the Kabompo Gorge. It was during the course of a geological air reconnaissance of the Kasempa district, Northern Rhodesia, undertaken by the Aircraft Operat? ing Company for the Rhodesian Congo Border Concession, that we had an opportunity of seeing and photographing the Gorge. Mr. F. H. Melland described the Gorge as it appeared to him on the ground in his paper on the Kasempa District (G.J?. 54, 280, Nov. 1919):
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