Introduction to Namibia and its Plate Tectonic Boundries

 

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    The country I am covering this semester is Namibia. Namibia is located in Southwest Africa, and is bordered by the countries of Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa and by the Atlantic Ocean. Namibia has a population of 2.5 million people, and the land consists namely of deserts, mountains and savannas. Its capital is Windhoek, and Namibia gained its independence in 1990 after 106 years of German and South African rule. 

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Namibia is located on the African plate, and is far from any plate boundary. The African Plate itself is considered a transform boundary plate, and it seems like there is more seismic activity towards Eastern Africa. Namibia deal more with drought conditions; Namibia has to contend with the Kalahari desert as well as the Namib desert. 

Work Cited

“Namibia.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 9 Dec. 2020, www.britannica.com/place/Namibia/History#ref44014.

US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “What Is Tectonic Shift?” NOAA's National Ocean Service, 18 July 2014, oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/tectonics.html.