Namib Desert On World Map
Lying between a high inland plateau and the atlantic ocean the namib desert extends along the coast of namibia merging with the kaokoveld desert into angola in the north and south with the karoo desert in south africa.
Namib desert on world map. It is considered the oldest desert in the world subject to conditions as arid or semi arid regions since at least 55 million years. It is located at an elevation of 453 meters. The desert s surface area is 80 900 square kilometers and it extends inland from the atlantic ocean to cover parts of angola and south africa as well. It occupies 1 200 miles 2 000 km of coastline in the countries of south africa namibia and angola.
Namibe is a coastal desert in southern africa. It is divided into the northern skeleton coast and the southern diamond coast. The name namib is of khoekhoegowab origin and means vast place. Namib desert namib desert is a desert class t hypsographic in namibia general namibia africa with the region font code of africa middle east.
Namib portuguese namibe a cool coastal desert extending for 1 200 miles 1 900 km along the atlantic coast of africa from namibe formerly moçâmedes in angola southward across namibia to the olifants river in the western cape province of south africa. Along the arid south atlantic ocean shoreline the namib desert stretches 1 200 miles. The namib desert and the namib naukluft national park is located here. It reaches inland 80 to 100 miles 130 to 160 km to the foot of the great escarpment.
The namibian coastal deserts are the richest source of diamonds on earth making namibia the world s largest producer of diamonds.