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Caves of Namibia, the Glossary

Namibia, a country in south-western Africa, has a total of 124 known caves, 41 of which are situated in the Otjozondjupa Region.^[1]

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Geology of Namibia

Allgemeine Zeitung (Namibia)

The Allgemeine Zeitung (AZ, literally in English 'General Newspaper') founded in 1916, is the oldest daily newspaper in Namibia and the only German-language daily in Africa to survive World War I.

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The Apollo 11 Cave is an archeological site in the ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park of south-western Namibia, approximately southwest of Keetmanshoop. Caves of Namibia and Apollo 11 Cave are Geology of Namibia.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Cave

A cave or cavern is a natural void under the Earth's surface.

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Clarias cavernicola

The cave catfish (Clarias cavernicola) is a critically endangered species of airbreathing catfish.

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ǁKaras Region

The ǁKharas Region (pronounced, with a lateral click, former name Karas Region, without the click) is the southernmost, largest, and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop.

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Dolomite (rock)

Dolomite (also known as dolomite rock, dolostone or dolomitic rock) is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2.

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Dragon's Breath Cave

Dragon's Breath Cave is located in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia on private land, not accessible to the general public.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Grootfontein

Grootfontein (great spring, named after the nearby hot springs) is a city with 26,839 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia.

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Guano

Guano (Spanish from wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa.

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Lake Guinas

Lake Guinas is the larger of only two permanent natural lakes in Namibia.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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National monument

A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's founding, independence, war, or the life and death of a historical figure.

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Oshikoto Region

Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, named after Lake Otjikoto.

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Otavi

Otavi is a town with 10,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia.

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Otjikoto Lake

Otjikoto Lake is the smaller of only two permanent natural lakes in Namibia.

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Otjozondjupa Region

Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia.

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Speleology

Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their composition, structure, physical properties, history, ecology, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology).

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