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Landscapes and Landforms of the Horn of Africa (eBook)

Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia

Paolo Billi (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XI, 403 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-05487-7 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on regions for which until now the geomorphology was very poorly studied and relatively unknown. Nevertheless, the landforms and landscapes of the Horn of Africa are highly attractive, diverse and in a few cases unique, since they span very different environments, from highland plateaus and mountains to lowlands (even below sea level) and coastlines with a high degree of diversity and from monsoon to arid climate conditions.

The main topics addressed in the book include the links between the geological evolution and the current large scale geomorphology of the Horn of Africa; the large differences between the highlands and lowlands climate, river hydrology and their variation through time within a climate change perspective. This part of the world was home of the very first hominids. The landscape in which they lived and evolved throughout the Pleistocene is described in comparison with the arid and inhospitable, though immensely scenic, environment of today.

Perennial and ephemeral rivers with very different morphology, processes, and hydrology drain the area, and, in combination with the past and recent uplift, substantially contributed to provide the region with peculiar landscapes and landforms. Long lasting weathering and erosion processes result in a typical inselberg landscape such as the Bur region, or the currently exposed flatland of old peneplain surfaces. Their changes through time, induced by both natural and anthropogenic factors, are addressed by a couple of case studies. Though the region has few inhabitants, they had to struggle to find their livelihood in a land that offers poor resources. This resulted in landscape change and land degradation. Examples of human impact on the landscape are presented at different scales.

This book provides readers interested in geography and geomorphology with essential scientific and educational information on the Landscapes and Landforms of Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia through simple, though scientifically, rigorous texts illustrated with several color maps and photos. One main prerogative of this book is therefore to give an insight into a region of the world where, for geographical and historical constraints, geomorphological investigation was very limited, thus enriching its intrinsic informative value.

Prof. Paolo Billi has been working in the University of Florence and the University of Ferrara in Italy and closed his academic career at the International Platform for Dryland Research and Education of the University of Tottori in Japan. Prof. Billi's main research topics include Fluvial Geomorphology, Sediment Transport and Sediment Yield. He carried out his research activities on rivers in Italy and in the Horn of Africa. He is also editor of the Springer volume on Landscape and Landforms of Ethiopia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2022
Reihe/Serie	World Geomorphological Landscapes
Reihe/Serie	World Geomorphological Landscapes
Zusatzinfo	XI, 403 p. 446 illus., 411 illus. in color.
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Schlagworte	Arid Climate Conditions • Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia • Geological Evolution induced by Climate Change • Geomorphology of the Horn of Africa • land degradation • Physiography • River Hydrology • Sustainable Land Management
ISBN-10	3-031-05487-3 / 3031054873
ISBN-13	978-3-031-05487-7 / 9783031054877

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