Namib Desert
LocationNamibia
Area81,000 km2
ContinentAfrica
TypeCoastal
About Namib Desert
The oldest desert on Earth at 55-80 million years. Its dunes around Sossusvlei are among the tallest in the world, with Big Daddy at about 325 m. The skeleton coast is littered with shipwrecks. Welwitschia plants live 2,000+ years. Fog sustains unique life.
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