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The closed Alexandersfontein depression, now only an evaporation pan, harboured a +19 m lake with a surface area of 44 km2 and Middle Stone Age occupance, a little before 16,000 BP. Assuming a temperature depression of 6° C, calculations show that rainfall was about twice that of today.
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BUTZER, K., FOCK, G., STUCKENRATH, R. et al. Palaeohydrology of Late Pleistocene Lake, Alexandersfontein, Kimberley, South Africa. Nature 243, 328–330 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243328a0
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