Geography of Namibia

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Overview of the geography of Namibia

thumb|upright=1.3|Typical veld near Petrified forest, Khorixas|Petrified forest in [[Namibia]] thumb|Springbok in growing veld; [[Etosha National Park, Namibia]] thumb|Springboks in the burned veld; Etosha National Park, Namibia

thumb|right|A waterfall situated a few kilometres north of [[Nieuwoudtville on the road to Loeriesfontein, in the Northern Cape (Namaqualand region)]] thumb|Namaqualand, outside of the flower season thumb|right|The spring flowers in Namaqualand

thumb|Dead Vachellia erioloba in Deadvlei Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the 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 "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, meaning lake or marsh). Its Afrikaans name is Dooie Vlei. Many Internet references erroneously translate its name as "dead valley"; a vlei is not a valley (which in Afrikaans is "vallei"). Nor is the site a valley; the pan is a desiccated vlei.

Ecoregion (WWF)

Ecoregion (WWF)

thumb|Location of omiramba in the border area of Namibia and Botswana. Omuramba (plural: Omiramba) is the term for ancient river-beds found in the Kalahari Desert of Africa, notably in the North Eastern part of Namibia and North Western part of Botswana. The word is taken from the Herero language. An omuramba provides occasional standing pools of water and more fertility than in the surrounding sand plains. Some specific omiramba are named: Eiseb, Rietfontein, Epukiro, Omatako. They mostly start in the central parts of Namibia and run into the central parts of Botswana.

thumb|Aerial view of Gobabeb Namib Research Foundation