List of national parks of Namibia
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National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
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National parks
- Etosha National ParkEtosha National ParkEtosha National Park is a national park in the Kunene Region of northwestern Namibia. The park shares boundaries with the regions of Oshana, Oshikoto and Otjozondjupa....
- Kaudom National Park
- Mamili National ParkMamili National ParkMamili National Park is a national park in Namibia.Mamili is centered on the Nkasa and Lupala islands on the Kwando and Linyanti rivers in the south-western corner of East Caprivi...
- Mudumu National ParkMudumu National ParkThe Mudumu National Park is a park in Namibia, created in 1990 out of 1009.59 square kilometers of savannah, mopane woodlands, and marsh on the eastern shore of the Cuando River. Many animals can be found in the park including sitatunga, red lechwe, as well as elephants, buffalo, kudu, impala,...
- Namib-Naukluft National Park
- Skeleton Coast National ParkSkeleton Coast National ParkSkeleton Coast National Park is a national park located in northwest Namibia, and has the most inaccessible shores, dotted with shipwrecks. The park is , and possibly the least visited park in the world...
- Waterberg National ParkWaterberg National ParkWaterberg National Park is a national park in central Namibia on the Waterberg Plateau, 68 km east of Otjiwarongo.The Waterburg Plateau is a particularly prominent location, elevating high above the plains of the Kalahari of Eastern Namibia. Waterburg Park and some 405 km² of surrounding land were...
Other protected areas
- Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (see Fish River CanyonFish River CanyonThe Fish River Canyon is located in the south of Namibia. It is the second largest canyon in the world and the largest in Africa, as well as the second most visited tourist attraction in Namibia. It features a gigantic ravine, in total about long, up to 27 km wide and in places almost 550 metres...
) - Caprivi RegionCaprivi RegionCaprivi is one of the 13 regions of Namibia. It takes its name from the Caprivi Strip which in turn was named after Leo von Caprivi.-Geography:...
- Damaraland & Brandberg
See also
- Geography of NamibiaGeography of NamibiaAt , Namibia is the world's thirty-fourth largest country . After Mongolia, Namibia is the least densely populated country in the world .-Geographical areas:...
- List of national parks
- Tourism in NamibiaTourism in NamibiaTourism in Namibia is a major industry, contributing N$7,2 billion to the country's gross domestic product. Annually, nearly one million travelers visit Namibia, with roughly one in three coming from South Africa, then Germany and finally the United Kingdom, Italy and France...