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| Image number: | 2361 |
| Feature : | salt plain |
| Grouping : | coastal forms |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Swakopmund coast |
| Country : | Namibia |
| Region - tribe : | Swakopmund coast |
| Physiographic region : | Namib Desert |
| Notice : | The evaporation of Atlantic seawater in Swakopmund, on the boundary of the Namib Desert, forms extensive saltplains. The salt is mined in neighbouring Walvis Bay. |
| Reference : | Vandecasteele, Ine, 2009 Image 2361. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |