Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Namibia my country


Namibia is a beautiful country in the southern Africa on the Atlantic cost. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990, and it's capital city is Windhoek. ON your left side you can see part of Windhoek downtown.

Moreover, Namibia has two deserts: the Kalahari desert, Namib desert.

The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Kgalagadi Africa extending 900,000 KM2 (362,500 sq. mi.), covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia Namibia and South Africa, as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains.

The Namib Desert is a deset in Namibia and southwest Angola which forms part of the Namib- Naukluft National Park one of Africa's largest. The name "Namib" is of Nama origin. The desert occupies an area of around 50 000 KM2, stretching about 1000 miles (1,600 km) along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia, which is named after this desert. Its east-west width varies from 30 to 100 miles (50-160 km).