Moçâmedes Desert
Northern area of the Namib desert
The Moçâmedes Desert is a desert located in the deep southwest of Angola, near the border with Namibia. The desert forms the northern tip of the Namib Desert.[1] From the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the desert gradually rises to a semiarid plain where African ironwood trees grow. Few people live in the desert; communities are found mainly in small fishing towns on the coast. The unique tumboa (Welwitschia mirabilis), a desert plant with a short, wide trunk and two gigantic leaves that can survive for a century, is endemic to the desert.[citation needed] Little water is present in the desert surface.
References
- ^ The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Mocamedes-Desert
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