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    Deadvlei (redirect from Dead Vlei)
    Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, meaning lake or marsh). The pan...
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    vleis may be freshwater, saltwater, or brackish. Over time a vlei may degrade into a salt pan or clay pan, such as Dead Vlei or Sossusvlei. Vleis of...
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    Stenocara gracilipes High dunes in the Namib desert 550-year-old dead trees in Dead Vlei A typical dune in the park Moon landscape near Swakopmund Rüppell's...
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    Sossusvlei (redirect from Sossus Vlei)
    origin and roughly means "dead-end marsh". Vlei is the Afrikaans word for "marsh", while "sossus" is Nama for "no return" or "dead end". Sossusvlei owes this...
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  • Heerden as Lann Arnold Vosloo as Makker Principal photography took place in Dead Vlei, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia. Steel Dawn premiered on 290 screens on...
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  • Kjeragbolten, Norway Los Angeles, California Nakun [sic Nakum], Guatemala Dead Vlei, Namibia Should've gotten closer. Gulung [sic Gunung] Mulu, Malaysia The...
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  • Spain Aitutaki, Cook Islands Pyramid of Kukulcán, Mexico Venice, Italy Dead Vlei, Namibia Iguassu Falls, Brazil and Argentina Petra, Jordan College Fjord...
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    Serval (category All articles with dead external links)
    carnivore and active both by day and at night. It preys on rodents, particularly vlei rats, small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles, using its sense of hearing...
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    The afroalpine vlei rat (Otomys orestes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the high moorlands of Kenya. In Musser and Carleton...
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    Hwange National Park (category All articles with dead external links)
    New Inyantue Dam Tshompani Dam Dandari (Dandaro) Vlei, Plains and Pan Kapula Vlei Tiriga (Triga) Vlei, a fossil river Shuma Pans, a series of waterholes...
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    Muridae (category All articles with dead external links)
    Lophiomyinae (maned rat or crested rat) Murinae (Old World rats and mice, including vlei rats) Murids feature in literature, including folk tales and fairy stories...
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    hunt. In South Africa, it preys on the Cape grysbok, common duiker, bush vlei rats, rock hyrax and Cape hare. Mammals generally comprise at least 80% of...
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    Bethlehem, South Africa (category All articles with dead external links)
    Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs River (also called Liebenbergs Vlei) along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road...
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  • busy streets of Mbare Musika, where they are kidnapped and taken to Dead Man's Vlei, the lair of the She Elephant, a child trafficker. There, they are...
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    Aponogeton distachyos (category All articles with dead external links)
    to subtropical climates in winter rainfall areas. It grows in ponds and vleis which dry up in summer, becoming dormant in the dry summer and growing again...
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    Bloemfontein suburbs include Heidedal to the east and southeast, Bain's Vlei, Woodland Hills Wildlife Estate, Brandwag, Ehrlich Park, Fauna, Fichardt...
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    north of Boksburg Township was a large muddy vlei fed by a small stream from the North-East. This vlei was the only watering place for stock between...
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  • year that he raced (1964-1967). He was foaled at the Birch Brothers Vogel Vlei Stud in Dordrecht, South Africa. He was trained by Sydney Charles Laird,...
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    Nyl River (category All articles with dead external links)
    of reeds and other aquatic plants. It is known as Nylsvlei, from the word vlei usually applied to intermittent lakes, for the main course in its midst flows...
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    Cape Flats (category All articles with dead external links)
    infilling to provide residential space. Many of the remaining perennial vleis such as Zeekoevlei, Rondevlei and Zandvlei are at the southwest side of...
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    Abaqulusi Local Municipality (category All articles with dead external links)
    Wetlands of national importance abound in the district, with Blood River Vlei being the most important. Over 370 species of birds and many animals, reptiles...
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    especially wet years but subsequently drying up in an arid or semiarid region. Vlei is a name used in South Africa for a shallow lake which varies considerably...
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  • the Orange Free State and Transvaal Republic. On 21 August, at Van Wyk's Vlei, Sergeant Hampton and Corporal Knight held their positions and evacuated...
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    Nature's Valley (category All articles with dead external links)
    Verreaux's mouse, Myomyscus verreauxi Woodland thicket rat, Thamnomys dolichurus Vlei rat, Otomys irroratus Brant's climbing mouse, Dendromus mesomelas Spectacled...
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    List of rivers of South Africa (category All articles with dead external links)
    Toponymic Guidelines for Map and other editors: Fourth Edition"[permanent dead link], 12. Retrieved on 30 April 2013. "Maitland River Mouth". Nelson Mandela...
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  • List of mammals of Tanzania (category All articles with dead external links)
    Otomys Angoni vlei rat, Otomys angoniensis LC Dent's vlei rat, Otomys denti NT Tanzanian vlei rat, Otomys lacustris NT Afroalpine vlei rat, Otomys orestes...
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  • List of mammals of Ethiopia (category All articles with dead external links)
    Otomys Cheesman's vlei rat, Otomys cheesmani CR Charada vlei rat, Otomys fortior VU Heller's vlei rat, Otomys helleri LC Simien vlei rat, Otomys simiensis...
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  • List of mammals of Namibia (category All articles with dead external links)
    hamsters, etc.) Genus: Myotomys Bush vlei rat, Myotomys unisulcatus LC Subfamily: Otomyinae Genus: Otomys Large vlei rat, Otomys maximus LC Genus: Parotomys...
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    are some of Namibia's major tourist attractions. Tsauchab River and Sossus Vlei Lakebed, Namibia at the NASA Earth Observatory website Jacobson, Peter J...
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  • List of mammals of Uganda (category All articles with dead external links)
    Otomys Barbour's vlei rat, Otomys barbouri EN Ruwenzori vlei rat, Otomys dartmouthi VU Dent's vlei rat, Otomys denti NT Mount Elgon vlei rat, Otomys jacksoni...
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