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The physical geography of the region is largely controlled by the Cenozoic Fayaan orogenic phase. This orogenic phase resulted in the uplift of the entire Fayaan penninsula and the formation of the central mountain belt. Fayaan City is situated in a large north-south syncline-anticline system, with the city center being located in the large fractured syncline that acts as a kind of rift. To the east of the city this structure converges into a single mountain belt. This general structure results in a landscape of mountain belts, large river valleys, coastal lowlands and some plateaus. | The physical geography of the region is largely controlled by the Cenozoic Fayaan orogenic phase. This orogenic phase resulted in the uplift of the entire Fayaan penninsula and the formation of the central mountain belt. Fayaan City is situated in a large north-south syncline-anticline system, with the city center being located in the large fractured syncline that acts as a kind of rift. To the east of the city this structure converges into a single mountain belt. This general structure results in a landscape of mountain belts, large river valleys, coastal lowlands and some plateaus. | ||
=== Western Mountains === | |||
West of the city the Fayaan Orogeny results in two mountain belts: | West of the city the Fayaan Orogeny results in two mountain belts: '''Roodwoudkust Mountains''' north of the Fayaan Deep, and '''Ronda Mountains''' to the south. In between lies the '''Fayaan Deep sea arm''', in a synclinal rift structure. The crumbling edges of the mountain belts created the Noord and Zuid Hoopseilanden islands. Uplifted during the Cenozoic, both mountain belts are made up of a highly folded and fractured Paleozoic mountain belt and its rocks. During the Mesozoic these belts were submerged, locally leaving some Mesozoic marine sedimentary rocks. A volcanic phase has been locally active during the Cenozoic. Some volcanoes are still active south of the Fayaan Deep. | ||
Revision as of 08:51, 17 January 2023
Fayaan City is the capital and largest city of Fayaan. It forms the center of the Capital State.
In December 2021 a referendum decided on renaming the city to Hoopsbaai City by the 1st of January 2024.
Physical geography
The physical geography of the region is largely controlled by the Cenozoic Fayaan orogenic phase. This orogenic phase resulted in the uplift of the entire Fayaan penninsula and the formation of the central mountain belt. Fayaan City is situated in a large north-south syncline-anticline system, with the city center being located in the large fractured syncline that acts as a kind of rift. To the east of the city this structure converges into a single mountain belt. This general structure results in a landscape of mountain belts, large river valleys, coastal lowlands and some plateaus.
Western Mountains
West of the city the Fayaan Orogeny results in two mountain belts: Roodwoudkust Mountains north of the Fayaan Deep, and Ronda Mountains to the south. In between lies the Fayaan Deep sea arm, in a synclinal rift structure. The crumbling edges of the mountain belts created the Noord and Zuid Hoopseilanden islands. Uplifted during the Cenozoic, both mountain belts are made up of a highly folded and fractured Paleozoic mountain belt and its rocks. During the Mesozoic these belts were submerged, locally leaving some Mesozoic marine sedimentary rocks. A volcanic phase has been locally active during the Cenozoic. Some volcanoes are still active south of the Fayaan Deep.