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	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Namib desert (AT1315)
		The Namib Desert ecoregion extends along the coastal plain of western Namibia, from the Uniab River in the north to the town of Luderitz in the south.
		The Namib Desert is home to a large number of small rodent species that occur among the rocky habitats in the western deserts, in the sand dunes and in the vegetation of the gravel plains.
		The Namib Desert is nested within the ‘Namib’ biogeographical province of Udvardy (1975) and the ‘Namib Desert’ unit of White (1983), with the eastern boundary taken from the 100 mm rainfall isohyet.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1315_full.html (3781 words)

	Desert - MSN Encarta
		Desert, term applied to regions of the earth that are characterized by less than 254 mm (10 in) of annual rainfall, an evaporation rate that exceeds precipitation, and, in most cases, a high average temperature.
		Among the northern deserts are the Gobi in China, the deserts of southwestern North America, the Sahara in North Africa, and the Arabian and Iranian deserts in the Middle East.
		Other desert areas in the interiors of some continents have formed because the prevailing winds are far removed from large bodies of water and have lost much of their moisture by the time they reach those regions.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572480/Desert.html (1031 words)

	Namib Desert - MSN Encarta
		Namib Desert, temperate desert, extending about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) along the coast of south-western Africa, mainly in Namibia.
		The desert reaches inland for up to 160 km (100 mi) and is kept cool and dry by the effects of the cold Benguela Current offshore.
		The desert is very sparsely inhabited except for isolated settlements such as Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560106/Namib_Desert.html (94 words)

	The Living Edens "Namib" -- 24 Hours in Namib
		n the next 24 hours, while you awaken, work, socialize, and sleep, multiple worlds will be born in the African region known as Namib.
		In Namib, dawn, morning, afternoon, and night reveal separate dimensions, unearthly realms of fog, water, heat, and cool.
		The creatures here, from fur seal to gemsbok to gecko, are as mysterious and unique as the landscapes they inhabit.
	www.pbs.org /edens/namib/24hours.htm (71 words)

	Types of Deserts
		Deserts are classified by their geographical location and dominant weather pattern as trade wind, midlatitude, rain shadow, coastal, monsoon, or polar deserts.
		The Rajasthan Desert of India and the Thar Desert of Pakistan are parts of a monsoon desert region west of the ranqe.
		Polar deserts are areas with annual precipitation less than 250 millimeters and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10° C. Polar deserts on the Earth cover nearly 5 million square kilometers and are mostly bedrock or gravel plains.
	pubs.usgs.gov /gip/deserts/types (1181 words)

	Namibia Destination Info - Africa
		The desolate Namib Desert is said to be the oldest in the world, with its high dunes and awe-inspiring sense of space.
		The Central Region is edged by two deserts, the Namib desert to the West and the Kalahari to the East.
		The Namib is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and extends from the Kunene River in the north for some 1600kms to the Orange River.
	www.namibia-safari.net /destinations.asp (508 words)

	Henry Doorly Zoo - Desert Dome
		The Desert Dome features plant and animal life from three deserts of the world: the Namib Desert of southern Africa, the Red Center of Australia and the Sonoran Desert of the southwest United States.
		The floor of the desert is concrete, whereas the floor of the Lied Jungle is dirt.
		The three deserts of the Desert Dome are divided by Central Mountain, a 55-foot tall mountain in the middle of the Desert Dome.
	www.omahazoo.com /exhibits/desertdome.htm (990 words)

	CULTUREFOCUS: Namibia photos. Namib Desert and Etosha wildlife pictures.
		Inland from the desolate Atlantic coast are sights that include the incredible dunes of the Namib Desert and the vast salt pan and surrounding bush of the wildlife-rich Etosha National Park.
		The vast Namib Desert in western Namibia is regarded as one of the oldest and driest deserts on Earth.
		Gemsbok somehow survive the hostile environment among the orange dunes of the Namib Desert.
	www.culturefocus.com /namibia.htm (565 words)

	Namibiana Buchdepot: Buch, Bücher, Karten, Video, CD, DVD, Reiseführer, Geschichte, Antiquariat, Flora, Fauna, Kunst, ...
		The environment and prehistory of the Central Namib Desert The most arid region in the southern African subcontinent is the Namib Desert, extending along the Atlantic littoral from south of the Orange River for more than 2 000 km to the north, across the Cunene River and into Angola.
		In Namibia, the inland limits of the desert are between 100 km and 200 km from the coast, coinciding with the 200 mm isohyet and the foothills of a broken longitudinal escarpment.
		In practice, it is convenient to distinguish the Central Namib, with its undulating gravel plains, from the dune sea of the Southern Namib, which extends only as far north as the lower reaches of the !Khuiseb River.
	www.namibiana.de /index.cfm?action=ViewDetails&itemid=692 (1142 words)

	Desert Biome
		Mean annual rainfall is from approximately 10mm in the west, to 70 or 80mm on the inland margin of the desert.
		Most true desert in southern Africa is found in Namibia, although an outlier does occur in a small part of South Africa, mainly in the Springbokvlakte area of the Richtersveld in the lower Orange River valley.
		Desert biome in the Koichab Basin, southern Namibia
	www.plantzafrica.com /vegetation/desert.htm (288 words)

	the namib desert - namibiasafari.com
		The desert is mesmerising in its seemingly eternal yet ever-changing sunlit expanses.
		The surface of the Namib juts ever-skyward in massive, undulating, twisting and shifting dunes.
		These dunes are generally referred to as "Star dunes” because of their star shape which is caused by multi-directional winds moving the sand on the crests back and forth according to the wind direction.
	www.namibiasafari.com /namibdesert.htm (417 words)

	African Specialist Features and Articles - Skeleton Coast - Namibia
		The Skeleton Coast, a remote desert region situated in the north-western corner of Namibia, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most pristine and remarkable wilderness areas.
		A narrow strip of coast, bordered in the west by the Atlantic Ocean and in the east by a mountain escarpment, was formed on the south-western seaboard of Africa.
		The Skeleton Coast comprises the northern Namib Desert, extending from the Kunene River in the north to Cape Cross in the south.
	www.africaguide.com /features/trvafmag/025.htm (1887 words)

	Henties Bay: Gateway to the Namib desert (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Namib Desert stretches approximately 2000 km from the Olifants River in the Cape, South Africa to San Nicolau in southern Angola.
		It consists of the remote desert coastline; the Namib dunes, which at some places border the coastline directly; the Namib plains with inselbergs; and the escarpment in the east.
		The Namib, as the rest of Namibia except the far south, is a summer rainfall area.
	www.hentiesbay.com /Tourism/namib%20desert_files/namib%20desert.htm (690 words)

	Namibia holidays and accommodation - Windhoek, Etosha, Fish River Canyon, Namib Desert
		The Namib Desert is the oldest and most arid desert region in the world, having been around for more than 80 million years.
		The northern Namib is called the Skeleton Coast, an intensely mysterious, inhospitable area of treacherous rocks and sand banks, dry gravel plains and isolated, flat-topped mountains.
		This section of the Namib Desert is characterised by an endless sea of orange sand dunes, and the famous Sossusvlei dunes, the highest in the world.
	www.worldwide.co.za /africa-holiday/namibia-holiday.html (2257 words)

	African Encounter - Destinations Portfolio: Namib Desert, Namibia
		Largely uninhabited and mostly unexplored, this is a near lunar landscape of immense diversity, with gravel plains and salt flats, dune fields and glinting quartz formations - a desert in the truest sense of the word.
		The Namib and Skeleton Coast area occur on a latitude where hot air, having released all of its condensation over the equatorial belt, begins to descend.
		Desert seeds are adapted to withstand long periods of extreme temperatures but will germinate, grow, flower and produce more seeds in a race against time.
	www.africanencounter.com /de/namib.shtml (1172 words)

	Namib Desert safaris, lodges and wildlife tours
		Namib Naukluft (Sossusvlei & NamibRand) and the Skeleton Coast form part of the Namib Desert on the West Coast of Namibia - stretching from the Oranje River bordering South Africa to the Kunene River on the border with Angola.
		The Welwitchia Nature Drive ranges from vast plains where herds of oryx, springbok and zebra roam, to the eerie landscape of the badlands, known as the "valley of the moon" in the Swakop River valley.
		Also in the valley is the small oasis of Goanikontes, its vivid green vegetation in startling contrast to the harsh desert landscape.
	www.ecoafrica.com /african/travel/NamibDesert.html (362 words)

	Namib Naukluft Park - Namibia
		The Namib-Naukluft Park, located in the central Namib, is a massive desert and semi-desert region that includes the diverse habitats of the Namib Desert Park, the Naukluft (until recently the Naukluft Mountain Zebra Park), the dunefields of Sossusvlei and the bird lagoon at Sandwich Harbour.
		The Namib Desert Park, characterised by broad gravel plains, some linear dunes and granite kopjes (inselbergs) has a reasonable network of gravel roads between the Kuiseb Canyon and the Swakop River.
		The Naukluft Park is a mountainous region dominated by the Naukluft Massif that rises from the gravel desert plain to a high plateau incised by steep gorges.
	www.zambezi.co.uk /safari/namibia/naukluft.html (390 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Namib desert (AT1315) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nicknamed the world’s oldest desert, the Namib stretches along the coast of Namibia to form one of the most spectacular and richest deserts in the world.
		Although not typical, one of the most famous inhabitants of the Namib Desert is the welwitschia plant, which Charles Darwin described as the "platypus of the plant kingdom." With two wide undulating leaves, some believe that the plant absorbs water from fog.
		Desert lizards are extremely well adapted so that they have the lowest water-loss rates of any desert organisms.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1315.html (589 words)

	Namib Naukluft National Park Namibia
		Whilst this is not inaccurate for many deserts, the Namib is sufficiently old for endemic species to have evolved.
		The classic desert scenery around Sesriem and Sossusvlei is the stuff that postcards are made of — enormous apricot dunes with gracefully curving ridges, invariably pictured in the sharp light of dawn with a photogenic gemsbok or feathery acacia adjacent.
		Between the normally dry beds of the Swakop and Kuiseb Rivers, the desert is largely rock and stone.
	www.gateway-africa.com /countries/namibia/naukluft.html (1481 words)

	Namibia Safari - Namib Desert & Swakopmund & Skeleton Coast
		To the north and east of the sandy wilderness lie rocky deserts with moonscapes, and dry thornveld savanna.
		Where the Namib meets the cold Atlantic Ocean, unusual weather conditions prevail and the resultant mist and fog in the early mornings brings moisture to help sustain a wide variety of desert creatures.
		The Skeleton Coast is the treacherous stretch of coastline to the north of Swakopmund.
	www.african-safari.com /namibia.html (478 words)

	namib desert - namibia - luangwa.net
		The 2 000km long desert is a remarkable place of great beauty and spiritual power: this sea of golden-red dunes, sculpted by the hot desert wind is simply a photographer's delight.
		Approximately 80-million-years-old, the Namib's main tourist destinations are Sossusvlei and Sesriem Canyon.
		Most of the desert, and its uniquely adapted animals, are protected as part of the Namib-Naukluft Park, the country's largest protected area at 50 000km².
	www.luangwa.net /countries/namibia/namib.htm (131 words)

	Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia
		The Namib Naukluft Park is one of the largest national parks in Africa, covering much of the central Namib Desert and the Naukluft Mountains.
		The park is a combination of the Namib Desert Park and the Naukluft Mountain Zebra Park as well as sections of the Diamond Area the area of the park is just under 50 000 square kilometers.
		Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert is the one attraction that should not be missed while you are in Namibia, the dunes are amazing and even though this is a popular tourist destination it is still easy to gain a sense of solitude while climbing one of the dunes or walking to dead or hidden vlei.
	www.namibian.org /travel/namibia/namib-naukluft.htm (600 words)

	Namib Desert Accommodation \| Accommodation Namib Desert, 13 Accommodation Establishments in Namib Desert
		Namib Desert Accommodation in Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namib Region, Namibia
		Namib Desert Accommodation in Sesriem Canyon, Namib Desert, Namib Region, Namibia
		The Namib Naukluft Lodge situated 230 km south of the capital Windhoek is the ideal gateway to the high dunes of the Namib desert.
	www.safarinow.com /destinations/namib-desert/hub.aspx (605 words)

	Namib Desert and Skeleton Coast - Namibia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Namib Desert and The Skeleton Coast, Namibia
		Covering over 49, 768 square kilometers, the Namib is not only the largest nature conservation area in Namibia, but it is rated as the fourth largest in the world.
		Within the Namib is the Sossusvlei area, with towering dunes up to 1000 feet high surrounding a huge, dry pan.
	www.melaniff.com /features/travels/namib.htm (231 words)

	Desert and dunes- Namibia - VirtualTourist.com
		Namib is one of the oldest deserts in the world.
		The sand was swept to Sossusvley from Kalahari Desert by the Orange River.
		The day I took a plain to flight over Namib Desert I saw it from the sky, and it was much longer that I imagne from the floor.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Namibia/Things_To_Do-Namibia-Desert_and_dunes-BR-1.html (1606 words)

	Namib Desert \| Southern Africa
		The Namib Desert is estimated to be around 130-million-years old and is one of the most impressive scenic landscapes in Africa.
		This is the most accessible place in the Namib Desert for visitors to climb dunes of up to 300m high and to gain a sense of what it is like to be surrounded by only dunes in hues of golden and orange.
		Endemic to the Namib and one of the most rare plants in the world is the Welwitschia, a dwarf tree which lives for 2000 years or longer and in its lifetime produces a single pair of leaves.
	www.bushcamps.com /destinations/Southern_Africa/Namibia/attractions_sub-1-attractionsId-2-25 (330 words)

	Walking Tour Namibia, South Africa Walking, Hiking, Desert Walking Adventure Namibia, Africa Adventures
		Knowledgeable guides will assist you in getting the most out of this unique experience, catching a glimpse of the desert's small creatures and learning about the special adaptations that enable plants and animals to survive in the arid climate of the Namib Desert, one of the oldest and driest deserts in the world.
		By noon, the desert landscape is often enveloped by scorching heat and, where possible, hikers rest in the shade of trees and rock formations during the hottest part of the day, eating fruit for lunch, reading and relaxing.
		It will be obvious to you why this part of the desert is referred to as the “moon valleys” or described as a “moon landscape”.
	www.ridingholidays.com /africa_namibia_walking_tour.htm (1270 words)

	chameleons in the wild (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Namib is comprised of rugged stark mountains, gravel plains, grassy plains with bizarre, unexplained ‘fairy circles’.
		There are two extensive areas of dune fields, the larger of the two occupying the southern part of the Namib and stretching northwards from the Orange River towards the Kuiseb River, and the second straddling the Namibian-Angolan border.
		CC Africa is represented in the Namib by the 10-roomed Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge situated in the 180 000 hectare NamibRand Nature Reserve.
	www.wildwatch.com /resources/other/namib_oasis.asp (694 words)

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