By Andrew Goudie
The landscapes of Namibia are of world-class caliber in good looks, range and curiosity. This e-book presents the 1st ever review of an important of those landscapes, explains why they give the impression of being as they do, and evaluates why they're of word. Writing from a geomorphological standpoint, the authors introduce the main strategies and controls which impression panorama and landform improvement in Namibia. Geological and tectonic historical past, weather now and some time past, crops and animals (including people) are all pointed out as the most important elements influencing the panorama of Namibia this present day. The ebook offers twenty one richly-illustrated case stories of the main major landscapes of Namibia, starting from the long-lasting Etosha Pan on the center of the most important natural world conservation sector within the north, to the recognized dunes and ephemeral river at Sossus Vlei within the middle of the Namib desolate tract. every one case research additionally features a complete record of the major references to the clinical paintings on that panorama. The authors supply an review of the present nation of conservation of those landscapes, and their significance to tourism. The e-book is usually recommended analyzing for somebody with a qualified or beginner curiosity within the astounding and fascinating landscapes of this a part of southern Africa. It presents an invaluable instruction manual for these vacationing round Namibia, and a useful reference consultant for these attracted to how landscapes increase and alter.
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5 million years. Lancaster (2002) concurred that the Namib has experienced mostly hyperarid conditions throughout the Quaternary. However, some investigators have found evidence for relatively wet conditions in the Quaternary. This evidence is diverse. The presence of lake, pond and swamp deposits at scattered localities in the Namib Sand Sea has been used to infer former moister conditions. Lake beds have, for example, been described from Narabeb (23° 41′S, 14° 47′E) (Selby et al. 1979) and from many other locations to the south of the Kuiseb Valley (Teller et al.
Ring structures dominate the outcrop patterns of the intrusives, which are exposed over an area of about 20 km2 of high relief. The Messum complex, Brandberg and Spitzkoppe are described in Chap. 10, and Erongo in Chap. 11. A large number of isotopic dates have now been produced for the Damaraland complexes as reviewed by Milner et al. (1995) which span the 137–124 Ma range and can thus be assigned to the early Cretaceous. Milner et al. (1995) suggest that igneous activity among the different complexes was approximately contemporaneous, and that it was probably concurrent with the eruption of the Etendeka lavas.
The coastal Namib is also a foggy desert with fog on over 100 days in the year in the area around Swakopmund (Fig. 4). This precipitates appreciable amounts of moisture. A zone of high fog frequency (>50 fog days per year) “hugs the coast over almost the entire length of the Namib” (Olivier 1995, p. 132), though the highest frequency occurs near Walvis Bay, with 139 fog days per year. Inland from Walvis Bay and Swakopmund the number of fog days is reduced to c 40 within the first 40 km and to c 10 at a distance of 100 km inland.
