Namib

For the country, see Namibia.

Namib Desert

Location of the Namib desert in Africa

The Namib, also known as Namibe or Namibië desert is a coastal desert in southern Africa. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than

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  Namib desert and ocean

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  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

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  Thick morning fog rolls in from the ocean, near Sossusvlei; moisture from the fog allows the native flora to survive the aridity

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  An area known as the "Moon Landscape"

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  The Welwitschia plant is considered a living fossil, and is found only in the Namib desert

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  Quiver trees found within Namib desert

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  Gemsboks (Oryx gazella) are the biggest antelopes found in the Namib desert

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  Sperrgebiet warning sign from page 127 of the South West Africa Yearbook (1947)

2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.

Stretching for 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers), it is one of the oldest deserts on the planet – at least 55 million years. Although a desert, the land is inhabited by a wide range of plants and animals, including ‘desert’ elephants that can go days without water.