Sossusvlei, the Glossary
Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia.[1]
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- Dunes of Namibia
- Namib-Naukluft National Park
- Salt pans of Namibia
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Antelope
The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe.
Arthropod
Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.
Asphalt concrete
Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Canyon
A canyon (from; archaic British English spelling: cañon), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales.
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.
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
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Dream
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
Dry lake
A dry lake bed, also known as a playa, is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceed recharge.
Dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand.
Dune 7 (Namibia)
Dune 7 is the highest dune in Namibia. Sossusvlei and dune 7 (Namibia) are dunes of Namibia.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Endorheic basin
An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other, external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swamps that equilibrate through evaporation.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.
Farm
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production.
Fog
Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.
Four-wheel drive
A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.
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Hot air balloon
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
Jackal
Jackals are canids native to Africa and Eurasia.
Khoekhoe language
Khoekhoe (Khoekhoegowab), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (Namagowab), Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy use of click consonants and therefore were formerly classified as Khoisan, a grouping now recognized as obsolete.
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Kuiseb River
The Kuiseb River is an ephemeral river in western-central Namibia. Sossusvlei and Kuiseb River are Namib-Naukluft National Park.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Namib
The Namib (Namibe) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. Sossusvlei and Namib are Namib-Naukluft National Park.
Namib-Naukluft National Park
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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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.
Oasis
In ecology, an oasis (oases) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment.
Oryx
Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes.
Ostrich
Ostriches are large flightless birds.
Psychological thriller
Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres.
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Redox
Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.
Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
Salt
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl).
Salt pan (geology)
Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun.
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Samsara (2011 film)
Samsara is a 2011 American non-narrative documentary film of international imagery directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on Baraka (1992), a film of a similar vein, and Chronos (1985).
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Sesriem
Sesriem is a small settlement in the Namib Desert, in the Hardap Region of Namibia, close to the southern end of the Naukluft Mountains. Sossusvlei and Sesriem are Namib-Naukluft National Park.
Springbok
The springbok or springbuck (Antidorcas marsupialis) is an antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa.
Steel Dawn
Steel Dawn is a 1987 American post-apocalyptic science fiction action film directed by Lance Hool and starring Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi.
Stenocara gracilipes
Stenocara gracilipes is a species of beetle that is native to the Namib Desert in southern Africa.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Swakopmund
Swakopmund ("Mouth of the Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road.
The Cell (film)
The Cell is a 2000 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh in his directorial debut, and starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
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The Fall (2006 film)
The Fall is a 2006 adventure fantasy film directed and co-written by Tarsem Singh and starring Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, and Justine Waddell.
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Tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
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Tsauchab
The Tsauchab is an ephemeral river in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. Sossusvlei and Tsauchab are Namib-Naukluft National Park.
Vachellia erioloba
Vachellia erioloba, the camel thorn, also known as the giraffe thorn, mokala tree, or Kameeldoring in Afrikaans, still more commonly known as Acacia erioloba, is a tree of southern Africa in the family Fabaceae.
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Virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world.
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Vlei
A vlei is a shallow minor lake, mostly of a seasonal or intermittent nature.
Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay (lit.; Walvisbaai; Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies.
See also
Dunes of Namibia
- Dune 45
- Dune 7 (Namibia)
- Sossusvlei
Namib-Naukluft National Park
- B4 road (Namibia)
- Kuiseb River
- Namib
- Namib-Naukluft National Park
- Naukluft Mountains
- Sandwich Harbour
- Sesriem
- Solitaire, Namibia
- Sossusvlei
- Tsauchab
- Tsondab River
Salt pans of Namibia
- Etosha Pan
- Sossusvlei
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sossusvlei
Also known as Big Daddy (dune), Elim Dune, Sossus Vlei.
, Vlei, Walvis Bay.