The process that contributes most to the Namib's unique ecosystem is the coastal, wind-induced "upwelling" that occurs along the Benguela shelf. The Benguela Current's effect is enhanced by a ...

As the windswept scrub of the Namib Desert hove into view, the doomed nau struck an outcrop of rock about 150 yards from shore. The shuddering blow broke off a big chunk of the stern, spilling ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...

The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the same attention. The Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert, is on the west coast of Namibia. It is a hyperarid ...

Gondwana Namib Park lies at the heart of the world's oldest desert, the Namib Desert. It spans a sprawling 127 km2, seamlessly connecting with the Namib Naukluft Park and neighbouring guest farms.

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The place is called Sossusvlei in Namib-Naukluft National Park in the middle of what researchers consider the world’s oldest desert — formed between 55 and 80 million years ago when dinosaurs ...

Namib Sand Sea is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog. Covering an area of over three million hectares and a buffer zone of 899,500 hectares, the ...