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It is a vast hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated. The 120-kilometre-long (75-mile-long) dry lakebed and its surroundings are protected as Etosha National Park, Namibia's second-largest wildlife park, covering 22,270 square kilometres (8,600 sq mi). The pan is mostly ...
Elephants at the Jakkalswater Waterhole in Etosha Nationalpark. The park has about 114 mammal species, 340 bird species, 110 reptile species, 16 amphibian species and 1 species of fish (up to 49 species of fish during floods). [11] Etosha National Park is also the single-most important custodian of the black rhino in the world.
Some of these holes can even be built large enough for the animals to bathe in, and because of the permanence of these waterholes, they can become popular spots for tourists to watch wildlife and some of them even have lodges or live streaming cameras placed nearby. [12] [13] In Africa, animals often gather at waterholes to drink the water.
Female greater kudus and two impalas at waterhole, Namibia. During the day, greater kudus normally cease to be active and instead seek cover under woodland, especially during hot days. They feed and drink in the early morning and late afternoon, acquiring water from waterholes or roots and bulbs that have a high water content.
Twyfelfontein valley has been inhabited by Stone-age hunter-gatherers of the Wilton stone age culture group since approximately 6,000 years ago. They made most of the engravings and probably all the paintings. 2,000 to 2,500 years ago the Khoikhoi, an ethnic group related to the San (), occupied the valley, then known under its Damara/Nama name ǀUi-ǁAis (jumping waterhole).
Okaukuejo is the administrative center for the Etosha National Park in Namibia. It is located approximately 650 km from the capital Windhoek . An average annual rainfall of around 350 millimetres (14 in) is received, although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 676 millimetres (26.6 in) were measured.
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Moringa Waterhole near Halali, Namibia, 2007. Klein Namutomi Waterhole, Namibia, 2007. Male Lion in Namibia, 2007. Cape fur seals on Namibian coast, 2007. Jackals among seals at Cape Cross, Namibia, 2007. Namibia has a high level of biodiversity. Approximately 75% of the mammal species richness of Southern Africa exists in Namibia, with 14 ...