- The
Chalumna River (Xhosa: Tyolomnqa) is a
river in the
Eastern Cape,
South Africa. It is
approximately 78 km long,
forming at the
confluence of two small...
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Latimeria chalumnae which means "Latimeria of
Chalumna", is a
reference to the area near the
mouth of the
Chalumna River in the
Indian Ocean,
where the coelacanth...
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Cretaceous Period. In 1938, however, a
living specimen was
found off the
Chalumna River (now Tyolomnqa) on the east
coast of
South Africa.
Calliostoma bullatum...
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Latimeria specimen was
found off the east
coast of
South Africa, off the
Chalumna River (now Tyolomnqa).
Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer discovered...
- may be
related to a place, as with
Latimeria chalumnae,
meaning "of the
Chalumna River".
Another use of
genitive nouns is in, for example, the name of the...
- to the
harbour at East London,
South Africa,
after a
trawl between the
Chalumna and
Ncera Rivers. As he
frequently did, he
telephoned his friend, Marjorie...
- KwaZulu-Natal
Cedarville KwaZulu-Natal
Centurion Gauteng Ceres Western Cape
Chalumna Eastern Cape
Chantelle Gauteng Charl Cilliers Mpumalanga Charlestown KwaZulu-Natal...
- varieties, some of
which are
depicted below: The
Chalumnensis variety ("
chalumna") The
Wesleyensis variety The
Kaffirdriftensis variety The
Zebrina variety...
- coelacanth, a
prehistoric fish,
thought to be extinct,
discovered live at the
Chalumna River mouth near East
London by
fishermen in 1938, and
numerous memorial...
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coelacanths – its
fossil remains lie a mere 100 km from the
mouth of the
Chalumna River,
where Latimeria chalumnae was
first found in 1938. In
keeping with...
