Naukluft Park in Namibia, the Land of Open Spaces!

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Naukluft Park in the Land of Open Spaces!

The Naukluft Park in Namibia is one of the largest parks in the world. The Park covers most of the Namibian desert in southwest Africa and the Naukluft Mountains where rare plants and animals in the world live. It is the place of the ecological preservation in Namibia.

This wide desert in Namibia is now moving on forward because of the new climate changes in the world. This page covers this specific topic. If you have been at the area, or if you have more information about it, you are welcome to drop by the form on this page to write your information. Thank you.

Naukluft Park in Namibia

The Namibian Desert is believed to be the oldest desert in the world. It is because of this desert Namibia is called the "Land of open spaces". Straddling the Atlantic coast of southwest Africa, Namibia is home to the biggest migrating dunes in the world.

Shaped by the west wind from the Atlantic, they reach heights of 300 metres. The highest dunes are in Sossusvlei. One of the beautiful sites is Sandwich Harbour, a port on the Atlantic coast of Namibia south of Walvis Bay.

The attracted places in the area are Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour and Naukluft hiking.

The dunes move at a speed of around 20 meters a year. Further inland they merge with landscape of bush and savannah areas covered with grass, scattered trees and a unique wealth of rare plants and animal species in the region. Ancient nomadic tribes have lived and roamed here for centuries, searching the area for pastures to feed their cattle.

West wind brings moisture from the sea in the form of fog and rain, which is vital for both the sparse vegetation and wildlife. It is indeed crucial for all life in the bush areas and in the Savannah behind it.

Climate change is expected to increase the strength of the Atlantic winds and induce more frequent droughts in the Namibian Desert. In turn, the drought and the wind will result in a drastic increase in the number of dunes and the speed at which they move eastward across the landscape.

The dunes move at a faster rate. They threat the vegetation, wildlife and the nomads' traditional way of living in Namibia.

A research conducted recently shows that a temperature increase of 2.1 degrees C can result in 41-51% of Namibia's unique flora and fauna become extinct. The research indicates that temperature could rise to 3.5 grades C within the next 80 yeas.

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