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Definition of Namib desert
1. Noun. A desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Namib Desert
Literary usage of Namib desert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"... a small township in the great namib desert fifty miles to the northeast of
Swakopmund, and secondly at ..."
2. How Botha and Smuts Conquered German South West: A Full Record of the by W S Rayner, W.W. O'Shaughnessy, Leo Weinthal (1916)
"ENTERING THE namib desert. According to original plan, the early days of October
should have seen Union troops closing in on the Germans from four different ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"334), Dr. Poch paid some attention to the question of the geographical conditions
affecting the growth of the Welwitschia in the namib desert, ..."
4. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"Communicated by Dr. Percy A. Wagner, in letter dated Mar. 13, 1922. 1 "On Some
Occurrences in the namib desert." Percy A. Wagner, Trans. ..."
5. Africa by Jo Ellen Moore (1999)
"... Tibesti Mountains Great Rift Valley namib desert Ethiopian Highlands L List
the landforms you would cross going in a straight line from Casablanca, ..."
6. Southern Africa: South Africa * Namibia * Botswana * Zimbabwe by Bernard Joliat (2000)
"You don't have to go far out of town to experience the namib desert (for which
the region and the country are named). Some of it is the dune of your dreams, ..."