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The Serra da Chela is a mountain range in south-central Angola. The mountains, rising to 2,306 meters (7,566 ft) above the coastal plains, are among the highest in the country.[1] It forms part of the Great Escarpment of southern Africa, separating the Huíla Plateau of the interior from the low-lying coastal Namib Desert.
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 Satellite image of Serra da Chela | |
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| Elevation | 2,306 m (7,566 ft)  |
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  Serra da Chela Namibe, Angola | |
To its west there are some inselbergs, remnants of the plateau from a time when it was more extensive.[2] In many places impassable, the escarpment may be accessed by the road running east from Capangombe to Humpata on the plateau.[3]
The range was formed approximately 200 million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up.[4] What is now the Serra da Chela range was on the edge of one of the tectonic plates where Africa connected to South America, and rose slowly upward as the Atlantic Ocean formed between the separating plates.[4]
References
- "ANGOLA general data of the country". Populstat. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Alvin W. Urquhart (1963). Patterns of settlement and subsistence in southwestern Angola. National Academies. p. 2ff.
- Earl of Mayo (11 June 1883). "A Journey from Mossamedes to the River Cunene, W.W. Africa" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Record of Geography. V. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 98. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
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La serra da Chela est une chaîne de montagnes située dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Angola, dans la province de Namibe. Les montagnes, s'élevant à 2 306 mètres au-dessus des plaines côtières, sont parmi les plus importantes du pays. Le mont Tchoi est le point culminant.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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