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|  | The Ugab River |  | | | Ugab River is an ephemeral river that only flows above the surface of its sandy bed a few days each year, but its subterranean water is an important resource for species in the Damaraland region of northern Namibia, including the rare desert elephant.
The Ugab River only flows above the surface for a few days every year, however its subterranean water supplies make it a major Namibian River.
Stretching for almost 500 km the river provides an important resource for species such as the rare desert elephant as well as giraffe, mountain zebra and the largest population of free roaming black rhinos in the world. Occasionally, lions can be spotted as well.
The Ugab Wilderness Area was established here to protect the future of these rare animals.
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| Rising unexpectedly from the heart of the Namib Desert in northern Namibia, the Brandberg Massif is an exhumed granite intrusion dating to some 120 million years ago. It rises to 2,606 meters (8,550 feet) and is higher than any other feature for hundreds of kilometers. Unique plant and animal communities thrive in its high-altitude environment, and prehistoric cave paintings decorate walls hidden in its steep cliffs.
Slightly south and to the west of the Brandberg is the much-eroded Messum Intrusion. Both of these intrusions reflect a period of extraordinarily widespread geological unrest in the Earth´s history, which preceded the opening of the Atlantic Ocean and the effusion of vast volumes of basaltic lavas of the Karoo formation that form the Drakensberg plateau. Karoo lavas are exposed immediately to the west of the intrusion. Rocks forced aside by the upward movement of the intrusion are visible encircling the margin of the Brandberg, tilted sharply upward. Ancient gneisses, distinguished by their lineated texture, are conspicuous along the dry river valley in the center of the frame.
The existence of a set of lavas in South America of the same age and type as those of the Karoo was used for many years by some geologists as strong evidence that Africa and South America had once been united. However, their arguments were not widely accepted until geophysical data demonstrated the reality of plate tectonics.
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Just south of Twyfelfontein, northwest of Brandberg, is the Doros
Crater . A 4WD is needed to get into this remote
concession area in southern Damaraland. There’s evidence of early human habitation - you can find bushmen paintings as well as remains of settlements.
Here you will also find the the oldes Welwitscha dated back to over 2000 years.
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