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The Kalahari Desert is perhaps Namibia's best-known geographical feature. Shared with South Africa and Botswana , it has a variety of localised environments ranging from hyper-arid sandy desert to areas that seem to defy the common definition of desert.
The Namib (/ ˈ n ɑː m ɪ b / NAH-mib; [1] Portuguese: Namibe) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa.According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and northwest South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape ...
Tsumeb therefore also deserves to achieve the status of a geosite. Other locations in Namibia that are of geological significance include traces of Triassic dinosauromorpha at Otjihaenamparero in central Namibia; the Fish River Canyon in southern Namibia is the second largest canyon of the world and is famous for its scenic beauty. [19]
Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ [17] [18]), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa.Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi River ...
The semi-desert and savanna transition community supports a variety of species. In the south, open dwarf shrub savanna, with small trees scattered among shrubs, herbs, and grasses, is predominant. [1] The ecoregion has many endemic species, particularly on the Brandberg and the Kaoko escarpment.
The Desert rain frog of Namibia is nocturnal and survives because of the damp sea fogs that roll in from the Atlantic. [98] Tadpole shrimp survive dry periods as eggs, which rapidly hatch and develop after rain. Invertebrates, particularly arthropods, have successfully made their homes in the desert.
Namib Desert – a desert in present-day Namibia; Danakil Desert – a desert lying in the Afar Triangle and covering northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, southern Djibouti and northwesternmost Somalia. Eritrean Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the southern part of the coast of Eritrea and the coast of Djibouti
The Namib-Naukluft National Park is a national park in western Namibia, situated between the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the edge of the Great Escarpment.It encompasses part of the Namib Desert (considered the world's oldest desert), the Naukluft mountain range, and the lagoon at Sandwich Harbour.