Definition of Namib Desert

1. Noun. A desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean.

Generic synonyms: Desert
Group relationships: Namibia, Republic Of Namibia, South West Africa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Namib Desert

Nakhijevan
Nakhitchevan
Nakhjavan
Nakhodka
Nakuru
Nalchik
Nalfon
Nalgene bottle
Nalline
Nam
Nama
Namaka
Namalwa cell
Nambissan
Namboothiri
Namib Desert (current term)
Namibia
Namibian
Namibian Sign Language
Namibians
Nammu
Namoi
Namoi River
Nampa
Namtar
Namtaru
Namur
Nan-chang
Nan-ning
Nan Ling

Literary usage of Namib Desert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"... a small township in the great Namib Desert fifty miles to the northeast of Swakopmund, and secondly at ..."

2. How Botha and Smuts Conquered German South West: A Full Record of the by W S Rayner, W.W. O'Shaughnessy, Leo Weinthal (1916)
"ENTERING THE Namib Desert. According to original plan, the early days of October should have seen Union troops closing in on the Germans from four different ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"334), Dr. Poch paid some attention to the question of the geographical conditions affecting the growth of the Welwitschia in the Namib desert, ..."

4. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"Communicated by Dr. Percy A. Wagner, in letter dated Mar. 13, 1922. 1 "On Some Occurrences in the Namib Desert." Percy A. Wagner, Trans. ..."

5. Africa by Jo Ellen Moore (1999)
"... Tibesti Mountains Great Rift Valley Namib Desert Ethiopian Highlands L List the landforms you would cross going in a straight line from Casablanca, ..."

6. Southern Africa: South Africa * Namibia * Botswana * Zimbabwe by Bernard Joliat (2000)
"You don't have to go far out of town to experience the Namib desert (for which the region and the country are named). Some of it is the dune of your dreams, ..."

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