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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park abstract "The Namib-Naukluft National Park is a national park of Namibia encompassing part of the Namib Desert (considered the world's oldest desert) and the Naukluft mountain range. With an overall area of 49,768 km2 (19,216 sq mi), the Namib-Naukluft is the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world. The most well-known area of the park is Sossusvlei, which is the main visitor attraction in Namibia.A surprising collection of creatures survives in the hyper-arid region, including snakes, geckos, unusual insects, hyenas, gemsboks and jackals. More moisture comes in as a fog off the Atlantic Ocean than falls as rain, with the average 106 millimeters of rainfall per year concentrated in the months of February and April.The winds that bring in the fog are also responsible for creating the park’s towering sand dunes, whose burnt orange color is a sign of their age. The orange color develops over time as iron in the sand is oxidized, like rusty metal; the older the dune, the brighter the color. These dunes are the tallest in the world, in places rising more than 300 meters (almost 1000 feet) above the desert floor. The dunes taper off near the coast, and lagoons, wetlands, and mudflats located along the shore attract hundreds of thousands of birds.‘Namib’ means open space and the Namib Desert gave its name to form Namibia – “land of open spaces”. The park was established in 1907 when the German Colonial Administration proclaimed the area between the Swakop River and the Kuiseb River a game reserve. The park's present boundaries were established in 1978 by the merging of the Namib Desert Park, the Naukluft Mountain Zebra Park and parts of Diamond Area 1 and some other bits of surrounding government land. The park has some of the most unusual wildlife and nature reserves in the world, and covers an area of 49,768 km2 (19,216 sq mi). It's an area larger than Switzerland (41,285 km²), roughly the size of the US states New Hampshire and Vermont combined. The region is characterised by high, isolated inselbergs and kopjes (the Afrikaans term for rocky outcrops), made up of dramatic blood red granites, rich in feldspars and sandstone. The easternmost part of the park covers the Naukluft Mountains.More images related to the Namib-Naukluft National Park".
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park location Namibia.
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park nearestCity Windhoek.
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park wikiPageExternalLink www.met.gov.na.
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park established "1979-08-01".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park governingBody "Ministry of Environment and Tourism".
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park map "Namibia".
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park name "Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park nearestCity Windhoek.
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park photoCaption "Sand Dunes near Sossusvlei".
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park subject Category:National_parks_of_Namibia.
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park comment "The Namib-Naukluft National Park is a national park of Namibia encompassing part of the Namib Desert (considered the world's oldest desert) and the Naukluft mountain range. With an overall area of 49,768 km2 (19,216 sq mi), the Namib-Naukluft is the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world.".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "Namib-Naukluft National Park".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "Namib-Naukluft National Park".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "Parc national de Namib-Naukluft".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "Parco nazionale di Namib-Naukluft".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "Park Narodowy Namib-Naukluft".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "Parque nacional de Namib-Naukluft".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "Намиб-Науклуфт (национальный парк)".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "ナミブ=ナウクルフト国立公園".
- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park label "納米布-諾克盧福國家公園".
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park depiction Namib-Naukluft_Sand_Dunes_(2011).jpg.
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- Namib-Naukluft_National_Park name "Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia".