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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 ...
The Namib Desert is a broad expanse of hyper-arid gravel, gravel with no moisture, plains, and dunes that stretches along the entire coastline, which varies in width between 100 and many hundreds of kilometres. Areas within the Namib include the Skeleton Coast and the Kaokoveld in the north and the extensive Namib Sand Sea along the central ...
It is the leading information centre on the Namib Desert and also includes information on other deserts of the world. It houses 1780 books, 18,790 journal offprint publications, and 30 journal holdings. To offer easier access to the library for our users, Gobabeb is in the process of digitising information stored in the library.
Graduate student Jen Guyton collects data out in the Namib desert—because her job is way more fun than yours. Neither termites nor competitive shrubberies can completely explain fairy circles on ...
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.
The Pliocene Roter Kamm crater is a 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) diameter and 130 metres (430 ft) deep circular impact crater in ǁKaras Region in the Kalahari Desert, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Oranjemund. The age is estimated to be 4.81 ± 0.5 Ma and the crater is exposed at the surface, but its original floor is covered by sand deposits ...
Aerial view of Sperrgebiet Namibia (2017) Sperrgebiet warning sign from the The Tsau ǁKhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park, formerly known as Sperrgebiet [1] (German, meaning "Prohibited Area"; also known as Diamond Area 1), is a diamond mining area in southwestern Namibia, in the Namib Desert.
Brandberg Mountain (2,573 m) lies west of the escarpment in the Namib Desert, and is included in the ecoregion. [1] To the northeast lie more humid woodland and savanna ecoregions – the Angolan miombo woodlands at the furthest northern end, and the Angolan mopane woodlands to the northeast. To the east is the arid Kalahari xeric savanna, and ...