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We passed Etosha National Park and a lot of scrubland, so it was a beautiful drive.
Archive 2008-11-01 jen 2008
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We left the dunes on the 25th to head towards Etosha National Park in northern Namibia.
Double-Double Your Vacation (Part One) « Peace Corps South Africa 2008
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We passed Etosha National Park and a lot of scrubland, so it was a beautiful drive.
Opuwo to Swakopmund jen 2008
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The large salt pan, the Etosha Pan, falls within this ecoregion but is considered its own ecoregion, the Etosha Pan Halophytics.
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Etosha supports the only breeding population of the threatened blue crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) outside of South Africa.
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The interior basins, including the Cuvelai River basin and part of the Kalahari desert, cover an area of 199,718 km2; The Cuvelai River enters Namibia as a 130 km wide delta of ephemeral watercourses, known as oshanas, which then converge to terminate in the Etosha Pan.
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More recently, 42 Etosha rhinos have been translocated through a "custodianship program" to well-guarded private farms that meet stringent requirements.
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The halomorphic soils of the Etosha area overlie calcrete and are shallow, alkaline, high in water soluble salts while poor in both phosphates and nitrogen.
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Within Etosha National Park, anthrax has killed a variety of herbivores, from elephants to ostriches.
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The lake is the source of the Ekuma River that flows into the Etosha Pan when the Cuvelai Basin is flooded.
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