The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . [+ = Yiew-point of PL XIV.] Fig. 7.—Profile of the river-bed at thewaterfall above Kalongas Cleft. Gully interceptingdry-season stream SO|N smaller streams, we maytake the ease of the Ka-ramba River, which joinsthe Zambezi on its north-ern bank, 35 miles east ofthe Falls, and reproducesneatly in miniature someof the principal character-istics of the great stream has carved outa wild gorge some 5 milesin length, into which itdrops from an open valleyon the plateau (see plan,fig. 6). The sides of thisgorge at the mouth of the
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . [+ = Yiew-point of PL XIV.] Fig. 7.—Profile of the river-bed at thewaterfall above Kalongas Cleft. Gully interceptingdry-season stream SO|N smaller streams, we maytake the ease of the Ka-ramba River, which joinsthe Zambezi on its north-ern bank, 35 miles east ofthe Falls, and reproducesneatly in miniature someof the principal character-istics of the great stream has carved outa wild gorge some 5 milesin length, into which itdrops from an open valleyon the plateau (see plan,fig. 6). The sides of thisgorge at the mouth of theriver, where they are 500to 600 feet high, form boldrocky slopes rising at anangle of 30° to 40° fromthe stream-bed ; then theybecome gradually moreprecipitous as we proceed up into the sharp loops above thefirst straight reach; their crests approach nearer and nearer to. The dry-season water-gully is 20 feet deepat the line of section,but sinks to 50 or 60feetfarther eastward.
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