Namib Desert

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Namib Desert
AI-created image

Statements (71)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:grass
gptkbp:annualRainfall less than 10 mm per year
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:climate arid
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Brandberg_Mountain
gptkb:Lüderitz
gptkb:Walvis_Bay
gptkb:Elizabeth_Bay
gptkb:Terrace_Bay
gptkb:Aus
gptkb:Barchan_Dunes
gptkb:Cape_Cross
gptkb:Conception_Bay
gptkb:Damaraland
gptkb:Dorob_National_Park
gptkb:Erongo_Mountains
gptkb:Fish_River_Canyon
gptkb:Gamsberg_Pass
gptkb:Gaub_Pass
gptkb:Gobabeb_Research_Station
gptkb:Helmeringhausen
gptkb:Henties_Bay
gptkb:Kolmanskop
gptkb:Kuiseb_Pass
gptkb:Kuiseb_River
gptkb:Moon_Landscape
gptkb:Mowe_Bay
gptkb:NamibRand_Nature_Reserve
gptkb:Namibian_Coastal_Desert_ecoregion
gptkb:Namibian_savanna_woodlands
gptkb:Oranjemund
gptkb:Palmwag
gptkb:Remhoogte_Pass
gptkb:Rosh_Pinah
gptkb:Sandwich_Harbour
gptkb:Sesriem_Canyon
gptkb:Solitaire
gptkb:Spitzkoppe
gptkb:Succulent_Karoo
gptkb:Swakop_River
gptkb:Tiras_Mountains
gptkb:Tsau_Khaeb_National_Park
gptkb:Twyfelfontein
gptkb:Uis
Fog belt
Gravel Plains
Linear Dunes
Salt Pans
Star Dunes
gptkbp:etymology Nama word meaning 'vast place'
gptkbp:explores European explorers in the 18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Namib Desert
gptkbp:knownFor high sand dunes
oldest desert in the world
gptkbp:length about 2,000 kilometers
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Deadvlei
gptkb:Skeleton_Coast
gptkb:Sossusvlei
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:bird
gptkb:Namib_Desert_beetle
Welwitschia mirabilis
oryx
desert-adapted elephant
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Namib-Naukluft_National_Park
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Namib_Sand_Sea
gptkbp:width about 160 kilometers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Namibia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4