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Image number: 109
Feature : clouds
Grouping : condensation
Discipline : meteorology
Year : 1995
Locality : Namibian coast
Country : Namibia
Region - tribe : Namib Desert
Physiographic region : Desert-Kalahari
Notice : Condensation of water vapour when hot air flows over the cold Benguela current to the land. Role for vegetation!
Reference : Coolsaet, Dirk,   1995    Image 109.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"