Environmental Engineering Reference
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Plate 27.5
Sharp thorns on the Acacia scrub provide some
protection from grazing animals, Transkei, South Africa.
Photo: Peter Smithson.
Plate 27.6
Mount Olga (central Australia) surrounded by
semi-arid savanna vegetation, including Spinifex grass.
Remnants of humid tropical flora survive in deep gorges
within the inselberg, indicating former moister climates.
Photo: Cathy Smithson.
