Namib
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The Namib is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and northwest S
Namib desert and ocean
Sossusvlei, one of Namib's major tourist attractions, is a salt and clay pan surrounded by large dunes. The flats pictured here were caused by the Tsauchab stream after summer rains
Thick morning fog rolls in from the ocean, near Sossusvlei; moisture from the fog allows the native flora to survive the aridity
An area known as the "Moon Landscape"
Welwitschia
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Welwitschia is a monotypic genus of gnetophytes containing only the species Welwitschia mirabilis. It is named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Welwitsch, who documented the plant in the 1850s. I
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…Gobabeb for instance. This event recurs approximately mid-decade (recent examples are 1974, 1986, 1994, 1995, and 2006). Plants and animals Flora The Welwitschia plant is considered a living fossil, and is found only in the Namib desert Quiver trees found within Namib desert Several unusual species of plants and…
Welwitschia mirabilis
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Female cones
Male cones