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View of Navachab gold mine. Mining is the biggest contributor to Namibia's economy in terms of revenue. It accounts for 25% of the country's income. [1] Its contribution to the gross domestic product (10.4% in 2009, 8.5% in 2010, 9.5% in 2011, 12.3% in 2012, 13.2% in 2013, 11.6% in 2014) is also very important and makes it one of the largest economic sectors of the country. [2]
Included in this list are Chad, Sudan, Namibia, South Africa, and Madagascar, whilst Mozambique and Tanzania are potential oil producers. [3] Types of Natural Resources in Africa. A notable part of Africa’s natural resources are minerals: crude oil, natural gas, coal and charcoal. gold, silver, lead, iron ore, cobalt, zinc, and manganese.
Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa and depends largely on groundwater. With an average rainfall of about 350 mm (14 in) per annum, the highest rainfall occurs in the Caprivi in the northeast (about 600 mm (24 in) per annum) and decreases in a westerly and southwesterly direction to as little as 50 mm (2 in) and less per annum ...
The group comprises Angola (which offers substantial oil resources), Botswana, the Comoros, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion , Zambia (substantial supply of copper), and Zimbabwe. South Africa Like Nigeria, South Africa is a large African economy on a standalone basis.
The term "Forest Resources" refer to natural resources such as trees, fruits, shrubs, herbs, grasses and animals. [11] Profits from the conservancies are pooled together and used for the benefit of the community. The money can be used for projects such as building schools, daycare facilities or clinics.
Large areas of the Namibian geology exposed onshore are associated with the Late Proterozoic Pan-African orogenic cycle. [1] The geology of Namibia is dominated in the north by metasediments of the Neoproterozoic Damara Belt (or Namibian System), while in the south large areas are underlain by the unmetamorphosed, relatively undisturbed ...
Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC. Island Press, Washington DC. Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas".
Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ [18] [19]), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. [20] Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, [21] Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the ...