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• Nature reserves constitute
15% of the surface area (105,559km²)
Highest mountain
• Brandberg 2,579m
Other Mountains
• Spitzkoppe 1,728m; Moltkeblick 2,480m; Gamsberg 2,349m.
Rivers
• Orange River forms the southern border with South Africa.
• The Kunene, Okavango, Zambezi, Kwando, Linyanti and Chobe Rivers
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Ephemeral Rivers
•Fish, Kuiseb, Swakop and Ugab Rivers.
Flora
• 14 vegetation zones.
• 120 species of trees.
• 200 endemic plant species.
• 100 species of lichen.
• Living fossil plant: Welwitschia Mirabilis.
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Fauna
• Big Game: Elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, cheetah, leopard,
giraffe, antelope.
• 20 species of antelope
• 240 species of mammals (14 endemic)
• 250 species of reptiles.
• 50 species of frogs.
• ± 630 species of birds.
• Endemic birds: Herero chat, Rockrunner, Damara tern, African
fish eagle, Monteiro's hornbill.
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Current Environmental
Issues
• Limited natural fresh water resources; desertification; wildlife
poaching;
International Environmental Agreements
• Signed and ratified: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources,
Biodiversity, Climate change, Desertification, Endangered Species,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands.
Note
• Namibia is the first country in the world to incorporate
the protection of its environment into its Constitution. Approximately
15% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib
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