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The geology of South Africa is highly varied including cratons, greenstone belts, large impact craters as well as orogenic belts. 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. Beyond this there is strip of narrow coastal plain.[1]

  1. ^ "The World Factbook - South Africa". Cia.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-30.

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Pongola glaciation

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R.; Thomas, Bob (2006). "The Pongola Supergroup. The geology of South Africa". Geol. Soc. South Afr.: 135-148. Kasting, James F.; Ono, Shuhei (29 June...

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List of earthquakes in South Africa

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Coal in South Africa

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South Africa

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Geography of South Africa

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Outline of South Africa

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Klerksdorp sphere

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Ottosdal, South Africa. They have been cited by pseudoscientists and reporters in books, popular articles, and many web pages as inexplicable out-of-place...

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Cape Fold Belt

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Kalahari Craton

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List of tectonic plates

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Archaeopteris

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structures were identified from the Waterloo Farm lagerstätte in what is now South Africa. Scheckler believes that Archaeopteris had a major role in transforming...

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Iron ore in Africa

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Economy of South Africa

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Makhonjwa Mountains

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Bushveld Igneous Complex

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Merensky Reef

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Timeline of South Africa

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Mining industry of South Africa

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Geology of Cape Town

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Karoo Supergroup

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Drakensberg Group

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(1 May 1974). "Stratigraphy of the Karroo volcanic rocks in the Barkly East District". South African Journal of Geology. 77 (2): 117–129. hdl:10520/AJA10120750_343...

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Geology of Madagascar

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South African Journal of Geology

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