Rehoboth, a small town to the south of the capital, was founded around hot mineral springs. – where safari and wild fauna observations are organized, as well as hunting the allowed for shooting species. Windhoek is surrounded by numerous parks – Okapuka, Melrose, Dan Vilhun, etc. The city owes its reputation of the “green capital” to a large water sports complex in Jean Jonker Road, Wernhill Park, Park Mall, Pioneer Park, and numerous small park zones. The climate here is quite moderate and the precipitation is abundant according to the local measure, thus Windhoek is considered the “greenest” city in the country. The capital of the country – Windhoek – lies at the altitude of 1,650 m above sea level between Auas and Eros Mountains. The central part of the state lies on the vast homonymous plateau that eases the heat and favours the development of industry, agriculture and tourism. This quiet place is worldwide known for being close to the place of the fall of the greatest Hobe meteorite which has preserved nicely. Hrutfountain (“a big fountain”) is a small town in the north of the country, founded by the Geramn settlers at the end of the XIX century. This part of the waterline, starting to the north of Swakompund, is a long strip of coastline plains covered with dunes, rocky massifs and ancient volcanic lots. The Skeleton Coast is an exotic region stretching along the whole of the northern coastline of the country. Ondangwa and Oshakati cities to the north f the Etosha National Park are major trade centres and wonderful places for getting to know the Owambo people`s culture. Dafs set off by surprisingly luxuriant greenery go through waterless sands of the desert, and volcanis laccoliths Barnt Mountain and Organ Pipes are cut by the waterfalls of rivers originated out of the left field. The highest mountain ranges in the country (the Brandberg Massif, the Konigstein, the Spitzkopp and the Pondox) are next to spacious plains. It is worth of attention due to its Cheetah Preservation Centre with the sheepdogs farm and the only crocodile farm in the country.ĭamaraland is an uninhabited and mysterious beautiful wild area to the southwest of Otjiwarongo.
Otjiwarongo city (“beautiful”) is used as the transit point when going to the national parks. It stretches over 1,600 km along the coast and astonishes with the diversity of its scenery- brown eroded rocks, numerous canyons of dried up rivers, constantly moving giant dunes and vast cobble moors alternate with tiny oases. It is the oldest desert in the world, of estimated 60-80 mln years. The Namib Desert is the main place of attraction in Namibia. Namibia has numerous national parks, such as Etosha, Waterberg Plateau, Kaudom, Caprivi, Nabim-Naukluft, etc. The major Namibian rivers are the Orange, the Fish River which has the second widest and longest canyon in the world after the Great Canyon in the USA, the Okavango. Dafs (oshanah) fill up in the raining season and may flood up to 60% of the adjacent territories. Namibian rivers are few, and the majority of them fill up only in some periods. In the western part of the plateaus the highest peak of Namibia -Konigstein Mountain (2,606 m) - is located. Inner hilly plateaus occupy about half of the country here the agriculture is concentrated. Westwards it lowers towards the Kalahari Desert in the east it abruptly ends in a steep terrace near the seaside Namib Desert. The best part of the country is occupied by the plateau of the average 900-1,500 m high. The area of the country is 824,300 sq km. Its western coasts are washed by the Atlantic Ocean. It borders with Angola and Zambia in the north, with Botswana in the east, with the Republic of South Africa in the south and southeast. Namibia is a state in the southwest of Africa. The latest added maps are indicated in yellow.ĭownload topographic maps coverage for Google Earth: namibia-maps.kmz
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