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| Image number: | 2500 |
| Feature : | dune |
| Grouping : | landscape |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Sossusvlei |
| Country : | Namibia |
| Region - tribe : | Namib Desert |
| Physiographic region : | Namib Desert |
| Notice : | A sabkha formed at the end of a seasonal river in Soussusvlei. The lighter colour of the pan is formed by fine clay deposited during the very short rainy season. |
| Reference : | Vandecasteele, Ine, 2009 Image 2500. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |