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Sossusvlei, Namibia

Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name Sossusvlei is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area , which is one of the major visitor attractions of Namibia.The name Sossusvlei is of mixed origin and roughly means dead-end marsh. Vlei is the Afrikaans word for marsh, while sossus is Nama for no return or dead end. Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic drainage basin for the ephemeral Tsauchab River.
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