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  2. Sossusvlei - Wikipedia

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    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. The name "Sossusvlei" is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vlei s such as Deadvlei ...

  3. Namib-Naukluft National Park - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Dune 45 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Sesriem - Wikipedia

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    Sesriem is a small settlement in the Namib Desert, in the Hardap Region of Namibia, close to the southern end of the Naukluft Mountains. It is especially known because the "Sesriem gate" is the main access point to the Namib-Naukluft National Park for visitors entering the park to visit the nearby tourist attraction of Sossusvlei. [1]

  6. File:Dunes of Sossusvlei region, Namibia (2017).jpg - Wikipedia

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    User:Olga Ernst/Photographs Namibia 2017 (and earlier) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

  7. Tsauchab - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. File:Dunes near Sossusvlei, Namibia (2017).jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. File:Dünen bei Sossusvlei, Namibia (2017).jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Dunes at Sossusvlei in Namibia (2017) Date: 1 May 2017, 10:30:26: Source: Own work: Author: Olga Ernst & Hp.Baumeler: Camera location View this ...