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Kaokoveld
Landscape north of Orupembe, Namibia
Location of the Kaokoveld
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biomedeserts and xeric shrublands
Borders
  • Angolan miombo woodlands
  • Namib desert,
  • Namibian savanna woodlands
Geography
Area45,600 km2 (17,600 sq mi)
Countries
  • Angola
  • Namibia
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered[1]

The Kaokoveld Desert is a coastal desert of northern Namibia and southern Angola.

  1. ^ "Kaokoveld desert". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

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Kaokoveld

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The Kaokoveld Desert is a coastal desert of northern Namibia and southern Angola. The Kaokoveld Desert occupies a coastal strip covering 45,700 square...

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Shattuckite

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a deep green color Botryoidal balls of shattuckite, from the Kaokoveld Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia Polished shattuckite with malachite...

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Namibcypris

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crustaceans in the family Candonidae, possibly endemic to the southern Kaokoveld in northern Namibia. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996)....

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Nudity

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Hamer woman in southern Ethiopia (near Turmi) – 2006 Himba herders the Kaokoveld desert Beauty scarification, Suri tribe, Ethiopia – 2016 The revival of...

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Tjimba people

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spelled Tjimba, are a remote, Herero-speaking hunter-gatherer people of the Kaokoveld desert in northwest Namibia and southwest Angola, in the mountain ranges...

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Tourism in Namibia

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2012-12-21. http://www.namibia-travel.net/travelguide/northern-namibia/kaokoveld.html "My Namibia ™". "Namibia Tourism Board | Namibia Information". businessdirectory...

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Namib

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kilometres (30 to 100 miles). To the north, the desert leads into the Kaokoveld; the dividing line between these two regions is roughly at the latitude...

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List of minerals

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Botryoidal balls of shattuckite, from Otjikotu, Kaokoveld, Kunene, Namibia...

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Damara sheep

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of northern Namibia where it is principally found, particularly in the Kaokoveld Desert.: 794  Together with the Namaqua Afrikaner and the Ronderib Afrikaner...

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Damara people

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the south of ǂGaios commonly known as ǃNaniǀaus (Sesfontein) in Gaogob (Kaokoveld). The Aoguwun are also known as the Aogūdaman. Aopeǁaen: lit. Firefly...

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Cordylus namakuiyus

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Cordylus namakuiyus, the Kaokoveld girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small, spiny lizard found in Angola. Baptista...

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Namibia

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120 mi) in width. Areas within the Namib include the Skeleton Coast and the Kaokoveld in the north and the extensive Namib Sand Sea along the central coast...

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Rock hyrax

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the southern Sahara P. c. welwitschii (Gray, 1868) – Kaokoveld rock hyrax, native to the Kaokoveld of Namibia Rock hyraxes build dwelling holes in any...

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Abrus kaokoensis

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family Fabaceae, native to Namibia. The species is named for the country's Kaokoveld Desert. Abrus kaokoensis grows as a woody suffrutex (subshrub) 0.3–1.0...

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Operation Super

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prevent SWAPO guerrillas infiltrating into South West Africa through the Kaokoveld: 101  from a location near the abandoned Portuguese town of Iona in the...

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Crassothonna agaatbergensis

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only in the northern part of the Skeleton Coast (Namib Desert) in the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism, northwestern Namibia. This species is described as...

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Dewinteria

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editor at the Botanical Research Institute), in an expedition to the Kaokoveld in 1957 (Gunn & Codd 1981). The new genus name Dewinteria was named in...

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Kaokoland

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administration since 1990 has been Kunene Region. The area is in the Kaokoveld ecoregion. The area is one of the wildest and least populated areas in...

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Dioptase

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Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 4 × 4 × 1 cm Dioptase on Shattuckite, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia. Size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 2.0 cm Aventurine Malachite...

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Global 200

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Mediterranean woodlands and forests Namib - Karoo - Kaokoveld deserts (Angola, Namibia, South Africa) AT1310 Kaokoveld desert AT1314 Nama Karoo AT1315 Namib desert...

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Plains zebra

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Equus quagga burchellii – Gray, 1824 Southern Botswana to Etosha and the Kaokoveld, and southeast to Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal. Quagga, †Equus quagga quagga...

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Nakedness and colonialism

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Hamer woman in southern Ethiopia (near Turmi) – 2006 Himba herders the Kaokoveld desert Beauty Scarification, Suri Tribe, Ethiopia - 2016 Western tourists...

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South West Africa campaign

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German forces in the interior from the coastal regions of Kunene and Kaokoveld. The other three columns fanned out into the north-east. Lukin went along...

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Kirkia dewinteri

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is a small tree in the Kirkiaceae, endemic to the dry savanna of the Kaokoveld in Namibia. This rare species is found on rocky outcrops, usually growing...

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Afrotropical realm

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India, Europa Kalahari xeric savanna Botswana, Namibia, South Africa Kaokoveld desert Angola, Namibia Madagascar spiny thickets Madagascar Madagascar...

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Namibian savanna woodlands

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Angolan miombo woodlands Angolan mopane woodlands Kalahari xeric savanna Kaokoveld desert Nama Karoo, Namib desert Geography Area 225,500 km2 (87,100 sq mi)...

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