The territory inhabited by the Tojolabal is one of large highland plains separated by low hills.
This age is comparable to the values of some areas of the surrounding highland plains (Platz et al. 2013).
Antananarivo was founded from about 1610 to 1625, when the Merina king Andrianjaka (1612 1630) expelled the Vazimba inhabitants of the village of Analamanga at the highest meeting point of two forested ridges rising above the surrounding highland plains.
The highland savannah plain (2700 m a. s. l). with a drier and cooler environment has typically Mollic Cambisols/Dystric Haplustepts, which are less leached and have a rather brownish colour.
The australopithecines who roamed the highland savanna plains of Southern Africa date from about three million to one million years ago.
To the north and northeast of the highlands, the plain is traversed by low ridges that decrease in altitude as they approach the coast.
Geographically, too, the land is compact: a five-hour drive over the spine of the Southern Alps will take you through a dozen entirely different landscapes – beach river valley marshland rainforest gorge foothill highland alps plains peninsula beach –and each with its own weather, its own skies, its own quality of light.
Lindi Rural has highland areas as well as low-lying plains with major permanent rivers (Lukuledi, Matandu and Mavuji).
Natural vegetation includes expanses of grassland, densely wooded areas, and, in the highlands, extensive plains, or campos, with scrub growth and light forest.
Israel is a small country with a relatively diverse topography, consisting of a lengthy coastal plain, highlands in the north and central regions, and the Negev desert in the south.
