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| Physiographic
Zone |
Erosional
Surface Equivalent |
Altitude (Metres)
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Slopes (Degrees)
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Examples |
| High Plateau |
Gondwana |
1500-2400
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5-15
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Nyika, Viphya Zomba and Mulanje |
| Hill Country |
Post Gondwana |
1400-1500
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Moderate to Steep
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Dissected Nyika, Viphya, Zomba
and Mulanje |
| Plains |
African |
600-1400
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2-5
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Lilongwe-Kasungu and Phalombe |
| Rift Valley Scarp |
Post African |
500-600
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Steep
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Thyolo and Livingstonia Escarpment |
| Rift Valley Floor |
Quaternary |
30-500
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Flat
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Karonga, Nkhotakota, Salima
and Lower Shire |
Adapted from the National Atlas of Malawi, 1988
and Lister 1967 cited by Dolozi, 1993
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