Africa Map Namib Desert
Covering an area of 31 274 sq.
Africa map namib desert. Lying between a high inland plateau and the atlantic ocean the namib desert extends along the coast of namibia merging with the kaokoveld desert into angola in the north and south with the karoo desert in south africa. According to the broadest definition the namib stretches for more than 2 000 kilometres 1 200 mi along the atlantic coasts of angola namibia and south africa extending southward from the carunjamba river in angola through namibia and to the olifants river in western cape south africa. Bullsport lodge farm map. Characterised by red sand dunes that can reach impressive heights the namib is considered to be particularly old.
The african continent in the globe namib desert namibia nasa 1985. If you zoom out for a few clicks on the map it s really well worth viewing in terrain mode so click on map on the top right of the map and check the terrain box. Namibia map africa. Erongo hardap karas kavango east kavango west khomas kunene ohangwena omaheke omusati oshana oshikoto otjozondjupa zambezi.
The terrain mode really brings out the relief of the contours of the naukluft area so the mountains are much easier to see. Namib desert lodge map. To zoom out to see more click the minus sign at the bottom of the bar on the left. Namib desert atlantic coast photo maps of african countries.
Namib naukluft national park in namibia. More images of africa the african country of namibia is divided into 14 regions. Stretching over 1200mi 2000km the namib crosses angola namibia and south africa. Along the arid south atlantic ocean shoreline the namib desert stretches 1 200 miles.
It reaches inland 80 to 100 miles 130 to 160 km to the foot of the great escarpment. Namib naukluft national park in namibia below is the most detailed current google satellite map of namib desert lodge. Km the namib is a coastal desert situated along the south western coast of the african continent. The namib desert for which the country of namibia is named is a classic example of a coastal desert along the southwestern side of a southern hemisphere continent.