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The Sossusvlei area forms part of a wider region of the southern Namib Desert with homogeneous features (about 32.000 km²) extending between the Koichab and Kuiseb rivers. This area is characterized by high sand dunes in different shades of orange - the colour an indication of a high concentration of iron , after being exposed to the process ...
The second area added was a 1,600-kilometre (1,000 mi) strip of the Atlantic Ocean, making the Namib-Naukluft Park Namibia's first marine reserve. [3] The park's present boundaries were established in 1986 when the government was given control over parts of the Sperrgebiet, an area restricted for diamond mining. This vast strip of land has ...
Dune 45 is a star dune in the Sossusvlei area of the Namib Desert in Namibia. Its name comes from the fact that it is at the 45th kilometre of the road that connects the Sesriem gate and Sossusvlei. Standing over 170 m, [ 1 ] it is composed of 5-million-year-old sand that is detritus accumulated by the Orange River from the Kalahari Desert and ...
Sesriem Canyon, with the Tsauchab dry A lake formed on a portion of the Tsauchab in the Sossusvlei salt pan after rains. The Tsauchab is an ephemeral river in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. Its source is in the southern Naukluft Mountains, from where it flows westwards through the Namib-Naukluft National Park into Sossusvlei, an ...
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