Landscapes and Landforms of the Chobe Enclave, Northern Botswana

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Title
Landscapes and Landforms of the Chobe Enclave, Northern Botswana
Title of the book
Landscapes and Landforms of Botswana
Author(s)
Mokatse Thuto, Diaz Nathalie, Shemang Elisha, Van Thuyne John, Vittoz Pascal, Vennemann Torsten, Verrecchia Eric P.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISBN
9783030861018
9783030861025
ISSN
2213-2090
2213-2104
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Editor
Eckardt F.D.
Pages
91-116
Language
english
Abstract
The northern part of the Chobe Enclave (an administrative district of northern Botswana) is an agricultural area situated between relatively pristine national parks situated in the Middle Kalahari Basin. It belongs to the Linyanti-Chobe structural basin and constitutes a syntectonic depocenter formed within a large structural depression, known as the Okavango Graben, a tectonic structure of a likely trans-tensional nature. The landscape includes fossil landforms, such as sand dunes, pans, sand ridges, and carbonate islands resulting from palaeo-environmental and palaeo-drainage changes through the Quaternary and associated to (neo)tectonic processes. In addition to river- and wind-reworked Kalahari sands, the sediments include diatomites and carbonate deposits, forming inverted reliefs and originating from palustrine palaeo-environments. The Linyanti-Chobe basin is at the convergence of several ecoregions from tropical and subtropical grasslands to savannas and shrubland biomes. The hydrological cycle in the northern Chobe Enclave is governed by a complex interplay between the Okavango, Kwando, and Upper Zambezi drainage basins, which originate from tropical watersheds of the Angolan highlands. Finally, the widespread development of termite mounds impacts the diversity of soils and sediments of the northern Chobe Enclave, which is also reflected in the vegetation.
Keywords
Trans-tensional basin, Palustrine and floodplain environments, Calcrete, Savana vegetation and soils, Termites, Linyanti-Chobe basin, Environmental change, Quaternary
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