The Namib (/ˈnɑːmɪb/ NAH-mib; Portuguese: Namibe) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for...
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The Namib-Naukluft Park is a national park in western Namibia, situated between the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the edge of the Great Escarpment....
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Namib Mills Ltd, established in 1982, is the largest grain processing company in Namibia. It produces flour, pasta, animal feeds and other products from...
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The Namib Desert horse (Afrikaans: Namib Woestyn Perd) is a feral horse found in the Namib Desert of Namibia. It is the only feral herd of horses residing...
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Pachydactylus rangei (redirect from Namib web-footed gecko)
Pachydactylus rangei, the Namib sand gecko or Namib web-footed gecko, is a species of small lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It inhabits the arid areas...
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TransNamib Holdings Limited, commonly referred to as TransNamib, is a state-owned railway company in Namibia. Organised as a holding company, it provides...
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Citrullus rehmii (redirect from Namib melon)
commonly known as the Namib melon, or the reins melon, is a species of annual melon in the family Cucurbitaceae that is native to the Namib Desert, Namibia...
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Geography of Namibia (section Namib Desert)
inhabitants per square kilometre (7.0/sq mi)). Namibia got its name from the Namib desert that stretches along the coast of the Atlantic. It is also known...
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Citrullus ecirrhosus (redirect from Namib Tsamma)
Citrullus ecirrhosus, commonly known as Namib tsamma, is a species of perennial desert vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, and a relative of the...
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It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African Namib coastal desert, whose name is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means "vast place"...
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Bitis peringueyi (redirect from Namib dwarf sand adder)
sidewinding adder, Namib dwarf sand adder, dwarf puff adder, Namib desert sidewinding adder, dwarf sand adder, Namib dwarf adder, and Namib desert viper. This...
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The NamibRand Nature Reserve is a private nature reserve in Southwestern Namibia in the Namib Desert. Founded in 1984 by J.A. (Albi) Brückner, it has...
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Air Namibia (redirect from Namib Air)
carrying miners to their jobs in Grootfontein and Tsumeb. Suidwes merged into Namib Air on 1 December 1978. The South West African government became the major...
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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...
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Stenocara gracilipes (redirect from Namib Desert Beetle)
gracilipes. Stenocara gracilipes is a species of beetle that is native to the Namib Desert in southern Africa. This is one of the most arid areas of the world...
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Agama planiceps (redirect from Namib rock agama)
The Namib rock agama (Agama planiceps) is a species of agamid lizard that is native to granite rocky outcrops in northwestern Namibia and southwestern...
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Macroscelides flavicaudatus (redirect from Namib round-eared sengi)
Namib round-eared sengi or Namib round-eared elephant shrew) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae found in the central Namib desert...
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Namibian savanna woodlands (redirect from Namib escarpment woodlands)
Namibia, east of the coastal Namib Desert. The woodlands cover the Namib escarpment, which rises from the low-lying Namib coastal plain to the Southern...
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Stipagrostis sabulicola (redirect from Namib dune bushman grass)
Stipagrostis sabulicola, the Namib dune bushman grass, is a species of grass endemic to the dunes of the Namib desert. The perennial grass grows up to...
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had increased to 75,921 people. The city is situated at the edge of the Namib Desert and is the fourth largest population centre in Namibia. Swakopmund...
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Khoekhoe language (redirect from Namib language)
Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy; Khoekhoegowab, Khoekhoe pronunciation: [k͡xʰo̜͡ek͡xʰo̜͡egowab]), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (/ˈnɑːmə/ NAH-mə; Namagowab)...
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zones. The climatic zones range from the extreme desert of the southern Namib in the farthest northwest to the lush subtropical climate in the east along...
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The Namib Desert dune ant (Camponotus detritus), is a large ant species distinguished by white and black symmetrical stripes and markings on its hairy...
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or the Toktokkies, is a species of darkling beetle that is native to the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa. At night, during foggy weather, these beetles...
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(2015). It is Time to Identify Selected Plants and Animals of the Namib (2nd ed.). Namib Desert Environment Education Trust (NaDEET). p. 8. Mhloniswa Dlamini...
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Trans Namib Ground (also known as the Centre for Cricket Development Ground) is a cricket ground in Windhoek, Namibia. The first recorded match on the...
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24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13. Lawrence, R. F. (1962). "Spiders of the Namib desert". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 24: 197–211. Henschel, J. R. (2002)...
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wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava), is a huntsman spider native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa. This spider is distinct from Leucorchestris arenicola...
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ENA (South Korean TV channel) (redirect from Namib (TV series))
present) Dear Hyeri (September 23, 2024) Drunken Romance (November 2024) Namib (2024) Never Give Up (May 4 – June 23, 2022) Extraordinary Attorney Woo...
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Sossusvlei (category Namib-Naukluft National Park)
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...
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