Lebombo Monocline

	Lebombo Monocline Lebombo may refer to: * Lebombo bone, an ancient tally stick * Lebombo flat lizard * Lebombo Mountains, Southern Africa ** Lebombo monocline, a geological feature of these mountains; see Explora Escarpment * ''Androstachys johnsonii'', also known as Lebombo ironwood * Diocese of Lebombo The Diocese of Lebombo (pt. ''Diocese Anglicana dos Libombos'') is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola. It is one of the three Anglican dioceses of Mozambique. This diocese is the most southerly of the three, the others being ... See also * {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lebombo Bone The Lebombo bone is a bone tool made of a baboon fibula with incised markings discovered in the Lebombo Mountains located between South Africa and Eswatini. Changes in the section of the notches indicate the use of different cutting edges, which the bone's discoverer, Peter Beaumont, views as evidence for their having been made, like other markings found all over the world, during participation in rituals. The bone is between 44,200 and 43,000 years old, according to 24 radiocarbon datings. This is far older than the Ishango bone with which it is sometimes confused. Other notched bones are 80,000 years old but it is unclear if the notches are merely decorative or if they bear a functional meaning. According to ''The Universal Book of Mathematics'' the Lebombo bone's 29 notches suggest "it may have been used as a lunar phase counter, in which case African women may have been the first mathematicians, because keeping track of menstrual cycles requires a lunar calendar". However, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lebombo Flat Lizard The Lebombo flat lizard (''Platysaurus lebomboensis'') is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. Geography The Lebombo flat lizard lives in southern Africa, including Transvaal, Swaziland, and KwaZulu-Natal, a province in South Africa. This area includes Middle Lebombo Range. The habitat of this small lizard include grasslands and thickets. Description Lebombo flat lizards are closely related to a subspecies of ''Platysaurus intermedius The common flat lizard (''Platysaurus intermedius'') is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family. This lizard has 9 subspecies, all living in southern Africa. Description The females and juveniles of all subspecies of ''P. intermedius'' hav ...'', ''P. i. wilhelmi''. Females, males, and juveniles of the Lebombo flat lizard are black-brown-gray, with blue bellies and white spots and stripes on their backs. References External links More Information {{Taxonbar, from=Q3021785 Platysaurus Reptiles of Eswatini Reptiles descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lebombo Mountains The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains ( pt, Montes Libombos), are an , narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa. They stretch from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal in the south to Punda Maria in the Limpopo Province in South Africa in the north. Parts of the mountain range are also found in Mozambique and Eswatini. Description Geologically, the range is considered a monocline; part of a rifted volcanic margin. The Lebombo monocline was aligned with the Explora Escarpment off-shore Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, before the break-up of Gondwana. The Lebombo monocline strikes N-S and dips to the east. It is composed of a sequence of Jurassic age volcanic rock, both basaltic lavas and rhyolitic flows and tuffs. The sequence rests on essentially horizontal Karoo Supergroup sedimentary rocks of the Kalahari Craton to the west and is overlain by Cretaceous to recent sediments to the east. The alternating resistant rhyolite and easily eroded basalts produce a series of para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lebombo Monocline Lebombo may refer to: * Lebombo bone, an ancient tally stick * Lebombo flat lizard * Lebombo Mountains, Southern Africa ** Lebombo monocline, a geological feature of these mountains; see Explora Escarpment * ''Androstachys johnsonii'', also known as Lebombo ironwood * Diocese of Lebombo The Diocese of Lebombo (pt. ''Diocese Anglicana dos Libombos'') is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola. It is one of the three Anglican dioceses of Mozambique. This diocese is the most southerly of the three, the others being ... See also * {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Explora Escarpment Explora Escarpment () is an undersea escarpment named for the Antarctic science ship '' F.S. Explora''. The name, proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997. The Explora Escarpment was aligned with the Lebombo monocline in southern Africa before the break-up of Gondwana Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final stages .... References * Escarpments of Antarctica Landforms of Queen Maud Land Princess Martha Coast {{PrincessMarthaCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Androstachys Johnsonii ''Androstachys johnsonii'', the Lebombo ironwood, is a medium-sized Afrotropical tree species, and the sole member of the genus ''Androstachys'' in the Picrodendraceae. It is slow-growing, evergreen to deciduous, and dioecious, with flowers that are wind-pollinated. It is native to southeastern Africa and Madagascar, where it generally occurs gregariously on rocky hillsides, particularly in hot and dry situations. It produces a hard, durable wood which is of economic interest. Its specific name commemorates W. H. Johnson, a 19th-century Director of Agriculture in Mozambique. Four related species which are native to Madagascar, are usually placed in genus '' Stachyandra''. Uses Its timber is of economical interest. The wood is extremely hard and durable. It is widely exploited in southern Mozambique, where it is known as ''simbirre''. Here it is used for flooring, for which it is well-suited, and is commonly traded for pillars of huts and fences. South African tourist operators in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]