The rocks and mountains of Cape Town

UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE: Mountains rising up from the Flats

The view from space

Ancient continental collisions and the African superswell

Rocks and their landforms

From rock to soil

Plants on the rocks

READING THE ROCKS: Cape Town's oldest rocks

Deep intrusion of Cape Granite magma

Uplift and erosion: deep earth exposed

An enormous pile of sand

The Cape Fold Belt: collision and deformation on a large scale

Pangaea breakup and the Great Escarpment

Youthful cover on a very old surface

Langebaan Lagoon

Summary of the rocks' story

LIVING ON THE ROCKS: Early Capetonians

Alien invasion and the loss of soil, water and biodiversity

Water from the rocks

Altered landscapes

Natural hazards

The future