Namibia-Fish River Canyon
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Namibia, Fish River Canyon
The Fish River Canyon, in Southern Namibia, is the largest canyon of Africa and the second largest in the world, about 160 km long. The Fish River, Namibia's longest river, from its source in the Naukluft Mountains flows intermittently deep into a desert plateau. For more than 160 km the river, washed into the ground up to 550 meters deep and up to 27 km wide. The river runs through horizontal dolomite strata that formed part of the canyon about 650 million years ago and the formation of the Fish River Canyon started when plate movement cracked the earth. Lower is a granite system that form the river's bed. Today nearly all of the Canyon is preserved by Nature Reserves.
The Fish River Canyon, in Southern Namibia, is the largest canyon of Africa and the second largest in the world, about 160 km long. The Fish River, Namibia's longest river, from its source in the Naukluft Mountains flows intermittently deep into a desert plateau. For more than 160 km the river, washed into the ground up to 550 meters deep and up to 27 km wide. The river runs through horizontal dolomite strata that formed part of the canyon about 650 million years ago and the formation of the Fish River Canyon started when plate movement cracked the earth. Lower is a granite system that form the river's bed. Today nearly all of the Canyon is preserved by Nature Reserves.
