Water and the human culture of appropriation: the Vaal River up to 1956
There is discernable evidence of the human presence having historically appropriated the 1300 kilometer long Vaal River of South Africa as it extends itself from the Drakensberg Plateau into the arid Karoo region. This hard-working tributary of the Orange River, which was instrumental as a supply of...
Main Author: | Johann W.N. Tempelhoff |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2006-04-01
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Series: | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa |
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Online Access: | http://www.td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/288 |
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