In the arid far-western region of South Africa is a vast flatland covered with white quartzite gravel known as the Knersvlakte — Afrikaans for “Gnashing Plain” — because it sounds like grinding teeth when you walk across it.
In the arid far-western region of South Africa is a vast flatland covered with white quartzite gravel known as the Knersvlakte — Afrikaans for “Gnashing Plain” — because it sounds like grinding teeth when you walk across it.