Namibia

Namibia in pictures

Flag, landscapes, landmarks and wildlife you can meet in the games. Photographs come from each subject’s Wikipedia article.

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  Flag

  Flag of Namibia

  National flag

• 🌍Sossusvlei

  Landscape

  Sossusvlei

  A real place in Namibia

• 🏜️Sossusvlei dunes

  Landmark

  Sossusvlei dunes

  Some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth, over 300 metres high.

• 🏜️Fish River Canyon

  Landmark

  Fish River Canyon

  Africa's largest canyon, 160 km long and half a kilometre deep.

• 🚢Skeleton Coast

  Landmark

  Skeleton Coast

  Shipwrecks rust in the sand beside seal colonies and desert lions.

• 🦓Plains zebra

  Wildlife

  Plains zebra

  No two zebras have the same stripe pattern, like fingerprints.

• 🦏Black rhinoceros

  Wildlife

  Black rhinoceros

  Namibia protects the last truly wild desert-adapted rhinos.

• 🐆Cheetah

  Wildlife

  Cheetah

  Fastest land animal — from standstill to 100 km/h in three seconds.

• 🦩Lesser flamingo

  Wildlife

  Lesser flamingo

  They turn pink from the tiny algae they filter out of the water.

• 🐧African penguin

  Wildlife

  African penguin

  Yes — Africa has penguins, nesting on beaches near Cape Town.

• 🐆Leopard

  Wildlife

  Leopard

  The strongest climber of the big cats — it can haul prey heavier than itself up a trunk.

• 🦡Meerkat

  Wildlife

  Meerkat

  One meerkat always stands guard while the others dig for food.

• 🪶Ostrich

  Wildlife

  Ostrich

  It can outrun a racehorse and kick hard enough to hurt a lion.

• 🐖Aardvark

  Wildlife

  Aardvark

  Its name means 'earth pig' — and its burrows shelter dozens of other animals.

• 🦌Greater kudu

  Wildlife

  Greater kudu

  Its spiral horns make two and a half full turns.

• 🦌Gemsbok oryx

  Wildlife

  Gemsbok oryx

  It can let its body heat up to 45 °C rather than waste water sweating.

• 🦌Springbok

  Wildlife

  Springbok

  It 'pronks' — bouncing stiff-legged two metres into the air.

• 🦅Secretary bird

  Wildlife

  Secretary bird

  It kills snakes by stamping on them with the force of five times its body weight.

• 🦌Red lechwe

  Wildlife

  Red lechwe

  It runs *into* deep water to escape lions, splashing at full speed.

• 🦌Kirk's dik-dik

  Wildlife

  Kirk's dik-dik

  Pairs stay together for life and mark their patch with tears.

• 🦭Cape fur seal

  Wildlife

  Cape fur seal

  Colonies of over 200,000 seals gather on a single stretch of sand.

• 🐈Caracal

  Wildlife

  Caracal

  Its tufted ears swivel like radar dishes to pinpoint prey.

• 🦡Honey badger

  Wildlife

  Honey badger

  Its loose skin lets it twist around and bite an attacker holding it.

• 🐹Rock hyrax

  Wildlife

  Rock hyrax

  It looks like a guinea pig, but its closest relative is the elephant.

• 🐕Black-backed jackal

  Wildlife

  Black-backed jackal

  Pairs mate for life and hunt, raise pups and defend a patch together.

• 🦊Bat-eared fox

  Wildlife

  Bat-eared fox

  It listens for termites chewing underground, then digs them out.

• 🏙️Windhoek

  City

  Windhoek

  Capital of Namibia

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