Sesriem

The Sesriem Canyon is a canyon of the dry river Tsauchab in Namibia.

In the period of two million years of Tsauchab has 80 km west of its origin to about one kilometer long and up to 30 meters deep Sesriem Canyon eaten into the sedimentary rocks. The name Sesriem is Afrikaans and is called on German Six belt since the first settlers had six straps that they cut from skins of oryx socialize together, in order to draw this water can. The Sesriem Canyon is only two meters wide in some places and has a permanent water source, use the many animals. Later he becomes flatter and wider, to then form a shallow river bed with gallery forest, which is traversed from the slope to Sossusvlei.

The Tsauchab It is due to when the area is transformed into a bizarre " Wonderland". This happens about once a decade, if there is the rare rains that flood the dry valley. In Sossusvlei as the neighboring basins Dead Vlei, the dried pot pans turn into lakes landscapes. The special attraction lies in the contrast between the temporary lakes and the surrounding archaic desert landscape.

He is now a popular, primarily because of shady tourist destination.

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