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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A dry region of southwest Africa extending along the coast of Namibia between the Atlantic Ocean and the interior plateau.
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- noun a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean
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Examples
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The Namib Desert is another great example of aridity, but it is uniquely supported by fog as dominant source of moisture.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Rosalba Bonaccorsi -- Protecting and Exploring Mars from Earth SETI Institute 2010
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The Namib Desert is another great example of aridity, but it is uniquely supported by fog as dominant source of moisture.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Rosalba Bonaccorsi -- Protecting and Exploring Mars from Earth SETI Institute 2010
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A major threat to the Namib Desert is the impact of off-road driving.
Namib desert 2008
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It will be seen that the key to the advance over the Namib Desert was the Swakop River.
With Botha in the Field Eric Moore Ritchie
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At the Sossusvlei Desert Lodge in the heart of Namibia's Namib Desert, an observatory comes complete with a Meade LX200 computerized GPS telescope so guests can learn about the night skies.
Rediscovering a Sense of Adventure Jemima Sissons 2011
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Kuangu Kuangu is a stone, timber and canvas one-room hideaway – with kitchen and bathroom open to the heavens – tucked into a boulder-strewn dune in the Namib Desert.
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The big black 747 rocketed westward, crossing the boundary between the drab brown Namib Desert and the Atlantic Ocean, heading out over the vast expanse of blue.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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Fifth on the list is in Africa's Namib Desert: Big Daddy, a 1,256-foot-high monster and the object of this post.
James M. Clash: Dune Climbing on the Dark Continent James M. Clash 2010
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This is why we're studying Death Valley in California, the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Namib Desert in Africa, and locations in Australia, all arguably the most arid regions on Earth.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Rosalba Bonaccorsi -- Protecting and Exploring Mars from Earth SETI Institute 2010
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This is why we're studying Death Valley in California, the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Namib Desert in Africa, and locations in Australia, all arguably the most arid regions on Earth.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Rosalba Bonaccorsi -- Protecting and Exploring Mars from Earth SETI Institute 2010
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