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Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa
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One of the driest regions on Earth, the Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa (23.0N, 15.0E) lies adjacent to the Atlantic coast but the upwelling oceanic water causes a very stable rainless atmosphere. The few local inland rivers do not reach the sea but instead, appear as long indentations where they penetrate the dune fields and end as small dry lakes. The vast dune fields are the result of sands deposited over millions of years by the stream flow.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineNamib Desert, Namibia, Africa. NASA/JSC, 1990-04-29. Public domain. ID: sts031-151-164.
