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Water Body Attractions In Namibia

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Namibia , officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean; it shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations , the Southern African Development Community , the African Union , and the Commonwealth of Nations. Namibia, th...
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Water Body Attractions In Namibia

  • 1. Otjikoto Lake Tsumeb
    Otjikoto Lake is the smaller of only two permanent natural lakes in Namibia. It is a sinkhole lake that was created by a collapsing karst cave. It is located 20 kilometres north-west of Tsumeb and only 100 meters from the main road B1. The lake was declared a national monument in 1972.The diameter of the lake is 102 metres ; its depth is undetermined. According to a Namibian tourism information organisation, the depth varies from sixty two meters at the side to one hundred meters in the center, and in some places leading off from the side depths of one hundred meters have been recorded, while an article in the Allgemeine Zeitung explains the depth problem: the lake tapers into a lateral cave system making it impossible to determine its exact depth, estimated to be in access of 142 meters. ...
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  • 3. Hoanib River Kaokoland
    The Hoanib is one of the 12 ephemeral seasonal rivers in the west of Namibia, where it was the border between northern Damaraland and Kaokoland. Its length is 270 km. With the low population density, the oasis character of the river valley and the relatively high wildlife population of Hoanib, together with the Hoarusib its valley is one of the last true wilderness areas in Namibia, one of the last settlements of desert elephants and shows strong wind and water eroded and weathered stone deposits . Inflows of Hoanib are Ombonde, Ganamub, Mudorib and Tsuxab.
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  • 4. Cape Cross Erongo Region
    Cape Cross is a small headland in the South Atlantic in Skeleton Coast, western Namibia, on the C34 highway some 60 kilometres north of Hentiesbaai and 120 km north of Swakopmund on the west coast of Namibia.
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  • 5. Lake Guinas Oshikoto Region
    Otjikoto Lake is the smaller of only two permanent natural lakes in Namibia. It is a sinkhole lake that was created by a collapsing karst cave. It is located 20 kilometres north-west of Tsumeb and only 100 meters from the main road B1. The lake was declared a national monument in 1972.The diameter of the lake is 102 metres ; its depth is undetermined. According to a Namibian tourism information organisation, the depth varies from sixty two meters at the side to one hundred meters in the center, and in some places leading off from the side depths of one hundred meters have been recorded, while an article in the Allgemeine Zeitung explains the depth problem: the lake tapers into a lateral cave system making it impossible to determine its exact depth, estimated to be in access of 142 meters. ...
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