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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Namib Sand Sea' has mentioned 'Sand' in the following places:
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| NamibAn image of the Namib Desert by the MODIS instrumentApproximate boundaries of the Namib DesertLength1,600xc2xa0km (990xc2xa0mi)Width50xe2x80x93160xc2xa0km (31xe2x80x9399xc2xa0mi)Area160,000xc2xa0km2 (62,000xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)GeographyCountriesNamibia, South Africa and AngolaRivers List Swakop RiverKuiseb RiverCunene RiverOrange RiverOlifants RiverTsauchab UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameNamib Sand SeaCriteriaNatural: vii, viii, ix, xReference1430Inscription2013 (37th session)Area3,077,700 haBufferxc2xa0zone899,500 ha | WIKI |
| The desert geology consists of sand seas near the coast, while gravel plains and scattered mountain outcrops occur further inland. | WIKI |
| The sand dunes, some of which are 300 metres (980xc2xa0ft) high and span 32 kilometres (20xc2xa0mi) long, are the second largest in the world after the Badain Jaran Desert dunes in China. | WIKI |
| The source of the unconsolidated sand (the most recent sand sea) has been shown to be dominantly from the Orange River, which drains into the Atlantic south of the Namib Sand Sea, with minor contributions in the east from the (now ephemeral) rivers that drain into the sand sea. | WIKI |
| [8] For this reason the Namib Sand Sea has been referred to as the "wind displaced delta of the Orange River. | 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 |
| While most of the soil is rocky, sand dunes are still occasionally found in this region; for example, sand dunes occupy much of the coastline between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. | WIKI |
| The prominent attraction is the famous Sossusvlei area, where high orange sand dunes surround vivid white salt pans, creating a fascinating landscape. | WIKI |
| The Namib Sand Sea lies along the arid African coast of the South Atlantic lying wholly within Namibiaxe2x80x99s Namib-Naukluft Park. | UNESCO |
| The Namib Sand Sea is a unique coastal fog desert encompassing a diverse array of large, shifting dunes. | UNESCO |
| The sand sea includes most known types of dunes together with associated landforms such as inselbergs, pediplains, and playas, formed through aeolian depositional processes. | UNESCO |
| Life in the fog-bathed coastal dunes of the Namib Sand Sea is characterised by very rare behavioural, morphological and physiological adaptations that have evolved throughout its specialist communities. | UNESCO |
| Fog serves as the primary source of water and this is harvested in extraordinary ways while the ever-mobile wind-blown dunes provide an unusual substrate in which well-oxygenated subsurface sand offers respite and escape for xe2x80x98swimmingxe2x80x99 and xe2x80x98divingxe2x80x99 invertebrates, reptiles and mammals. | UNESCO |
| The outstanding combination and characteristics of the physical environment xe2x80x93 loose sand, variable winds and fog gradients across the property xe2x80x93 creates an ever-changing variety of micro-habitats and ecological niches that is globally unique on such a scale. | UNESCO |
| The boundaries of the property encompass all the elements of the Namib Sand Sea that exemplify its Outstanding Universal Values. | UNESCO |
| Because of its vast size, difficulty of access and current management within the protected Namib-Naukluft Park (49,768 km2), the Namib Sand Sea is well conserved and in an excellent, undamaged state. | UNESCO |
| The Namib Sand Sea has been under conservation management for more than 50 years with well-established management and resource allocation systems, based on regularly revised and updated management plans and long-term budgetary planning. | UNESCO |
| There is potential for serial extension of the Namib Sand Sea beyond the Namib-Naukluft Park and beyond national borders to include other significant dune systems within other protected areas of the larger Namib Desert. | UNESCO |