Insights into the possible effect of lightning strikes on rock breakdown are presented by Knight and Grab (2014) froma summit area in the Lesotho highlands. Based on their findings, the authors challenge the association ...

Pronival ramparts are discrete debris accumulations found below steep rock faces at the foot of snowbeds or firn fields but they are often confused with moraines, protalus rock glaciers or rock-slope failure debris ...

Gully erosion is a degradation process affecting soils in many parts of theWorld. Despite the complexity of a series of collective factors across different spatial scales, previous research has not yet explicitly quantified ...

Rainfall intensity, kinetic energy and erosivity were analysed for 106 erosive storm events at five locations in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, from late 2001 to early in 2006. The stations cover an altitudinal range of ...

Loss of topsoil is one of the principal soil degradation problems confronting agriculture throughout South Africa and receives special attention by policy-makers. For effective prevention and remediation, the spatial extent ...

Located near the south-eastern limit of Africa, the Lesotho–Drakensberg and associated escarpment is the highest range of African mountains south of the massifs in Tanzania. At the escarpment summit and on the adjacent ...

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With the increase in human impacts on the environment, especially in terms of agricultural intensification and climate change, erosion processes need to be assessed and continually monitored. In many countries, ...