The Great Escarpment in Africa • Earth.com • Earth Image Gallery

The Great Escarpment is pictured here in this Image of the Day from the NASA Earth Observatory and features a look at the wide variety of vegetation elevations in Africa’s Great Escarpment. The Great Escarpment is a formation located in the central Southern African plateau consisting of steep slopes, deep valleys, and sharp ridges.

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