ITable Mountain eKapa, Iningizimu Afrika, ine-geology eyingqayizivele eyenze yaba yindawo ethandwayo yezazi zesimo sezulu kanye nezivakashi ngokufanayo. Intaba yakhiwe ngohlobo oluhlukile lwesihlabathi esibizwa ngeTafula Landstone, okukholakala ukuthi kwakhiwe ngaphezulu 500 eminyakeni eyizigidi edlule.
Kwakhiwa iSandlitone laseTable Mountain Sandstone ngesikhathi somsebenzi wokwakha izintaba nomsebenzi we-tectonic futhi kubonakaliswa ngamaphethini alo ahlukile namaphethini wokuguguleka. Itshe leSandli liyaphawuleka ngombala walo obomvu nonsundu, okubangelwa ukuba khona kwamaminerali e-iron oxide.
Enye into eyingqayizivele ye-geology yeTable Mountain yikhona ukuba khona kwama-boulders amakhulu kanye namatshe abekelwe ukwakheka okuhlukile namaphethini. Lezi zinhlobo kukholakala ukuthi zakhiwe ngokuhlanganiswa kwesimo sezulu, iguguleka, kanye nomsebenzi we-tectonic ngaphezulu kwezigidi zeminyaka.
Intaba ibuye ikhaya esitshalweni esinye sezitshalo ezihlukile nezilwane ezivumelaniswa nezimo zalo ezinamahlandla. Lokhu kufaka i-Table Mountain Ghost Frog, okutholakala kuphela etafuleni neTable Mountain futhi kungenye ye-amphibians ebekade ebekade engozini enkulu.
Sekukonke, I-geology ye-geology eyingqayizivele yetafula nezici zemvelo yenza kube yindawo ethokozisayo noma ehehayo yanoma ngubani onentshisekelo emlandweni wezwe lomhlaba kanye nomhlaba wemvelo. Kuyindawo ebalulekile yocwaningo lwesayensi nokuhlola, kanye nendawo ethandwayo yemisebenzi yangaphandle efana nokuhamba ngezinyawo, ekhwela, kanye nokushiswa kwezinyoni.