Talk:Sossusvlei

Can we expand on this article please? Dead vlei is of particular interest. Thanx!

Interlaker 17:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Sossusvlei One of the most spectacular landscapes in Namibia, the Sossusvlei pan is situated where the Tsauchab River disappears into the white clay at the foot of monumental sand dunes. The various colours of nature - the blues of the mountains, yellows of grasslands and varying shades of oranges and reds of the dunes - are breathtaking and are a major tourist attraction. Of great beauty is the spot known as Deadvlei, named after the skeletal remains of the Camelthorn trees found in the pan. The sparse vegetation attracts springbok, oryx, and ostrich even during the dry spells. A fleshy melon plant, Nara, is particularly popular as it is high in nutrients and full of thirst-quenching liquid —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.182.39.164 (talk) 11:34, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

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Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. Its name derives from its status as an endorheic drainage basin (i.e., without outflows) for the ephemeral Tsauchab river: "Vlei" is the Afrikaans word for "marsh", while "sossus" is Nama for "no return" or "dead end".Photo: Ikiwaner

Question

Can't you give us even a vague idea of how big this salt pan is? In the introduction? Amandajm (talk) 08:01, 16 July 2011 (UTC)