Karoo landscapes Flashcards
1
Q
what are Karoo landscapes?
A
flat-topped mountains or hills with steep, concave shaped sides.
2
Q
How does the Karoo landscape form?
A
plateau over time develops into series of ridges and mesas. mesas are further eroded to form buttes, pointed buttes and eventually conical hills.
3
Q
differentiate between mesas and buttes:
A
both mesas and buttes are flat topped mountains. mesas have greater width than height and buttes have greater height than width.