Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Namib Sand Sea' has mentioned 'River' in the following places:
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According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200xc2xa0mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape, South Africa. | WIKI |
It occupies an area of around 80,950xc2xa0km2[7] (31,200xc2xa0square miles), stretching from the Uniab River (north) to the town of Lxc3xbcderitz (south) and from the Atlantic Ocean (west) to the Namib Escarpment (east). | WIKI |
Southern Namib (between Lxc3xbcderitz and the Kuiseb River) comprises a vast dune sea with some of the tallest and most spectacular dunes of the world, ranging in color from pink to vivid orange. | WIKI |
Moving north from Sossusvlei, the sand gradually gives way to a rocky desert that extends all the way from Sossusvlei to the Swakop river. | WIKI |
Several rivers and streams run through the Namib, although all of the rivers south of the Cunene River and north of the Orange River are ephemeral and rarely or never reach the ocean. | WIKI |
A few Nama Khoikhoi still graze their livestock on the banks of the Kuiseb River in the desert. | WIKI |
This alone makes it exceptional at a global scale, but it also represents a superlative natural phenomenon on account of the three-part xe2x80x98conveyor systemxe2x80x99 which has produced the massive dune field from material transported over thousands of kilometres from the interior of the African continent by river erosion, ocean currents and wind. | UNESCO |
Criterion (viii): The property represents an exceptional example of ongoing geological processes involving the formation of the worldxe2x80x99s only extensive dune system in a coastal fog desert through transport of material over thousands of kilometres by river, ocean current and wind. | UNESCO |