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Examples of kopje
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We shall contest every river, every crossroads, every village, every town and every kopje.
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The lodge is set on a kopje that affords it a wonderful view of a great swathe of Sabi Sands bushveld.
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In the style of an African Research Station, the exhibit has a dry landscape with fake kopje stones.
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This process leaves behind tors perched at their summits and overtime a talus-bordered residual, known as a castle kopje appears.
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- A small hill rising up from the African veld
- A monadnock or inselberg is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. The term "monadnock" is usually used in the United States, whereas "inselberg" is the more common international term."inselberg. ...
- Pronounced "copy". Also know as inselberg. A hill consisting of primary rock (gneiss and granite) rising out of the plain or savanna. A common feature in Serengeti and around Lake Victoria. Kopjes often attract vegetation and wildlife, and are good spots to look for the big cats.
- Outcroppings of steep rocky slopes and large boulders with sparse vegetation that characterize some sub-Saharan grasslands
- Rock outcroppings used by animals for observation, habitat and shelter in Africa.
- (pronounced "copy") a rocky granite outcrop that emerges from the volcanic layers of the plain
