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The Okavango Delta in Botswana is the world's largest inland delta. The
Okavango River, with its source in the Angolan Highlands, flows south
east into Botswana, forming the 15,000 m2 delta of limpid
water, swamps, reed beds, streams, flood plains, islands and long
stretches of clear water. Home to an extensive variety of fauna and
flora. Basically it's where the Okavango river flows into the Kalahari
desert, spreads out and dries up.
This image is from about 20km north of Maun in NGAMILAND DISTRICT.
See http://www.safari.co.za/safari-tour/map-okavango-delta-14.html. | |
SMO says:
Roughly 20:40:12S, 16:10:11E!
This is all the info I have:
This site is located on the Otjihaenamaparero farm 30km from Kalkfeld, Otjiwarongo, Namibia.
The existing well visible prints are of a two-legged three-toed dinosaur.
Approximate age of the prints is 160 million years.
The prints were left in the red Etjio sandstone at the time it was a soft clay.
The prints can be traced for about 30 metres.
The site was declared a national monument in 1951.
Hope you've got a good map!
If not this may help: http://www.multimap.com/wi/84086.htm | |
The largest meteorite ever found is to be found in the grounds of the ``Hoba'' farm close to Grootfontein. It weighs more than 50 tons, has a volume of 9 cubic metres and hit the ground about 80,000 years ago. The estimated age of meteorite is between 200 and 400 million years. Visitors (vandals) break off bits as souvenirs, so it's gradually shrinking. | |
See Keetmanskoop and The Quiver Tree Forest:
The quiver tree or `Kokerboom' is indigenous to the hot and dry
southern part of Namibia. The plants are succulents and can reach a
height of up to 9 metres. They have adapted to the extreme
environmental conditions by storing water in their trunks. The tree
blossoms for the first time after 20 to 30 years and can reach 300
years of age. The wood is very light and spongy inside. As the trunk
and branches can be easily hollowed out, they were used as quivers by
the bushmen (San people) who formerly roamed this area.
Travel tips and visitor information [can be found] on the Keetmanshoop Info page.
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Vlei may simply mean dunes and indeed Sossusvlei == Hidden Vlei == hidden dunes. | |
A large clay pan enclosed by huge sand dunes, some reaching 300m high, and are some of the highest in the world. Only after a (rare) heavy rainfall does the vlei fill with water, leaving a turquoise lake for some time as the clay is almost impervious to water. |
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