Editing Geography of Namibia (section)

===Coastal Desert===
Namibia's Coastal Desert is one of the oldest deserts in the world. Its sand dunes, created by the strong onshore winds, are the highest in the world.<ref>
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The Namib Desert and the [[Namib-Naukluft National Park]] are located here. The Namibian coastal deserts are the richest source of [[diamond]]s on earth, making Namibia the world's largest producer of diamonds. It is divided into the northern [[Skeleton Coast]] and the southern [[Diamond Coast]]. Because of the location of the shoreline—at the point where the Atlantic's cold water reaches Africa—there is often extremely dense fog.<ref>
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Sandy beach comprises 54% and mixed sand and rock add another 28%. Only 16% of the total length is rocky shoreline. The coastal plains are dune fields, gravel plains covered with [[lichen]] and some scattered [[Salt pan (geology)|salt pan]]s. Near the coast, there are areas where the dunes are vegetated with hammocks.<ref>
{{cite web |url = http://www.nacoma.org.na/Our_Coast/WalkOnOurCoastline.htm |title = NACOMA – Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project |publisher   = nacoma.org.na |access-date  = 9 October 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090721154939/http://www.nacoma.org.na/Our_Coast/WalkOnOurCoastline.htm |archive-date = 21 July 2009}}
</ref> Namibia has rich coastal and marine resources that remain largely unexplored.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/83/333/477 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022235829/http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/83/333/477 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2013 |title=Namibia's Coastal and Marine Development Potential &ndash; Sparks 83 (333): 477 &ndash; African Affairs |publisher=afraf.oxfordjournals.org |access-date=9 October 2009 |last=Sparks |first=Donald L.}}</ref>

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File:SAC Namibia-cactus.jpg|[[Fish River Canyon]].
File:SAC Namibia-desert-1.jpg|[[Namib Desert]].
File:SAC Namibia-escarpment2.jpg|Namib Escarpment.
File:Kalahari C17.JPG|The [[Kalahari Desert]].
File:Windhoek-Skyline.jpg|[[Windhoek]] skyline.
File:Namibia’s Protected Coast.jpg|Natural-colour satellite image of the Namibian coast.
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