Namib Desert

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Na·mib Desert

(nä′mĭb)

A dry region of southwest Africa extending along the coast of Namibia between the Atlantic Ocean and the interior plateau.

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Na′mib Des′ert

(ˈnɑ mɪb)
n.

a desert region in SW Africa, along the entire coast of Namibia.

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Namib Desert - a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean

Namibia, Republic of Namibia, South West Africa - a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa

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