Namib

Summary

Namib is a desert^[1]. Namib ranks in the top 9% of desert entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (669 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Namib is in the country of Namibia^[3].
• Namib's image is recorded as Namib Desert surface.jpg^[4].
• Namib's image is recorded as Duna en Sossusvlei, Namibia, 2018-08-06, DD 002.jpg^[5].
• Namib's instance of is recorded as desert^[6].
• Namib's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3150030629110962622^[7].
• Namib's GND ID is recorded as 4041195-3^[8].
• Namib's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85089643^[9].
• Namib's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121453908^[10].
• Namib's IdRef ID is recorded as 029933358^[11].
• Namib's Commons category is recorded as Namib Desert^[12].
• Namib's highest point is recorded as Brandberg^[13].
• Namib's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -23, 'lon': 15}^[14].
• Namib's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018_wk^[15].
• Namib's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1430^[16].
• Namib's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Namib Desert^[17].
• Namib's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX451420^[18].
• Namib's WWF ecoregion code is recorded as AT1315^[19].
• Namib's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000314104^[20].
• Namib's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Namib^[21].
• Namib's has characteristic is recorded as WWF ecoregion^[22].
• Namib's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3347020^[23].
• Namib's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2000'}^[24].
• Namib's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+81000'}^[25].
• Namib's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+3077700'}^[26].
• Namib's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+899500'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Namib is in the country of Namibia^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+81000'}^[25], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+3077700'}^[26], and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+899500'}^[27]. Namib's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2000'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Namib's instance of is recorded as desert^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Namib include Namibia^[28], a republic^[29], in Namibia^[30], founded in 1990^[31] and namibite^[32], a mineral species^[33].

Why It Matters

Namib ranks in the top 9% of desert entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (669 views/month).^[2] Namib has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Namib is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Namib include Namibia^[28], a republic^[29], in Namibia^[30], founded in 1990^[31] and namibite^[32], a mineral species^[33].