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  2. Sossusvlei - Wikipedia

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    The Sossusvlei pan Aerial view of Sossusvlei (2017) Pronunciation of Sossusvlei Satellite image of Sossusvlei (). Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan [1] surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia.

  3. Deadvlei - Wikipedia

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    Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, in a valley between the dunes in the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, meaning lake or marsh). The pan also is referred to as "Dooie Vlei" which is the Afrikaans ...

  4. Vlei - Wikipedia

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    Rondevlei, near Cape Town Dried-up Dead Vlei, Namibia Aerial view of Sossusvlei. Most of the time without water. A vlei / f l eɪ / (Afrikaans pronunciation:) is a shallow minor lake, mostly of a seasonal or intermittent nature. It even might refer to seasonal ponds or marshy patches where frogs and similar marsh dwellers breed.

  5. Namib - Wikipedia

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    Namib desert and ocean Sossusvlei, one of Namib's major tourist attractions, is a salt and clay pan surrounded by large dunes. The flats pictured here were caused by the Tsauchab stream after summer rains Thick morning fog rolls in from the ocean, near Sossusvlei; moisture from the fog allows the native flora to survive the aridity

  6. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).

  7. Namib-Naukluft National Park - Wikipedia

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    Ancient dunes near Sossusvlei, in the relatively frequently visited center of the national park, accessible by road from Sesriem.. A surprising collection of creatures survives in the hyper-arid region, including snakes, geckos, unusual insects, hyenas, gemsboks, springboks, leopards, African wildcats, cape foxes, baboons, caracals, bat-eared foxes and jackals.

  8. Sesriem - Wikipedia

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    Sesriem is also known for the Sesriem Canyon, about 4 km from Sesriem itself, which is the second most important tourist attraction in the area after Sossusvlei.It is a natural canyon carved by the Tsauchab river in the local sedimentary rock, about one kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mi) long and up to 30 metres (100 ft) deep.

  9. Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.