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Namibia country profile

Namibia country profile

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Updated: June 4, 2008, 3:10 pm
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

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Bushmanland, Namibia (Photograph by WWF/ Kate Newman) Bushmanland, Namibia (Photograph by WWF/ Kate Newman)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Namibia
  3. Energy in Southern Africa
  4. Human Development Index
  5. Ecoregions:
    1. Angolan Mopane woodlands
    2. Etosha Pan halophytics
    3. Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
    4. Kalahari xeric savanna
    5. Kaokoveld desert
    6. Namib desert
    7. Namibian savanna woodlands
    8. Succulent Karoo
    9. Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
    10. Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
  6. Regional biodiversity hotspot (Succulent Karoo)


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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "Namibia country profile". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 4, 2008; Last revised Date June 4, 2008; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Namibia_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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