Namibia
The republic of Namibia is a country in Southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. The Namib Desert
is a broad expanse of hyper-arid gravel plains and dunes that stretches
along Namibia's entire coastline. It varies between 100 to many
hundreds of kilometres in width. Areas within the Namib include the
Skeleton Coast and the Kaokoveld in
the north and the extensive Namib Sand Sea along the central coast. The
sands that make up the sand sea result from processes of erosion that
take place in the Orange River valley and areas further to the south. As
sand-laden waters drop their suspended loads into the Atlantic,
onshore currents deposit them along the shore. The prevailing south
west winds then pick up and redeposit the sand in the form of massive
dunes in the widespread sand sea, forming the largest sand dunes in the
world. In areas where the supply of sand is reduced because of the
inability of the sand to cross riverbeds, the winds also scour the land
to form large gravel plains. In many areas of the Namib Desert there is
little vegetation aside from lichens found in the gravel plains and in
dry river beds where plants can access subterranean water.
Tourism
is a huge contributor in Namibia,this created tens of thousands of
jobs. The country is among the prime destinations in Africa and is known
for ecotourism which features Namibia's extensive wildlife.
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