Namib Desert
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The Namib Desert is a vast, ancient coastal desert in southwestern Africa, renowned for its towering red sand dunes and extreme arid conditions along the Atlantic coast.
Aliases (5)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal desert
→
desert → natural region → |
| adaptationFeature |
fog-dependent plants
→
nocturnal desert animals → |
| age | one of the oldest deserts in the world → |
| borders | Atlantic Ocean → |
| climate |
arid
→
hyper-arid → |
| coastType | Atlantic coast → |
| contains |
Namib-Naukluft National Park
→
surface form: "Deadvlei"
Namib-Naukluft National Park → Sandwich Harbour → Skeleton Coast → Namib Desert →
surface form: "Sossusvlei"
|
| continent | Africa → |
| country | Namibia → |
| ecosystemType | desert ecosystem → |
| extendsInto |
Angola
→
South Africa → |
| fogFormationCause |
Benguela Current
→
surface form: "cold Benguela Current"
|
| geologicalFeature |
gravel plains
→
rocky outcrops → sand sea → |
| hasDuneType |
barchan dunes
→
linear dunes → star dunes → |
| hasEndemicSpecies |
Namib Desert beetles
→
Namib sand geckos → Welwitschia mirabilis → fog-basking beetles → |
| highestDunesReach | over 300 metres in height → |
| humanActivity |
mining
→
tourism → |
| knownFor |
coastal fog
→
dramatic desert landscapes → extreme aridity → towering red sand dunes → |
| locatedIn |
Southern Africa
→
surface form: "Southwestern Africa"
|
| mineralResource |
diamonds
→
uranium deposits → |
| nameEtymology | name derived from Nama language meaning "vast place" → |
| oceanCurrentInfluence | Benguela Current → |
| partOf | Namibian coastal belt → |
| precipitationPattern | very low annual rainfall → |
| precipitationSource | coastal fog is a major moisture source → |
| UNESCOStatus | parts inscribed as World Heritage Site → |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageComponent |
Namib Desert
→
surface form: "Namib Sand Sea"
|
| vegetationType | sparse desert vegetation → |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Namib Sand Sea"
this entity surface form: "Sossusvlei"
subject surface form: "Chersina angulata"
this entity surface form: "southwestern Namibia"
subject surface form: "Namib sand gecko"
this entity surface form: "Namib Desert region"