Book Definition: The geographical situation of people and things.
Book Definition: The mobility of people, goods, and ideas, across the surface of the planet.
What that means: Location is, in general, the positioning of people and things on the surface of the earth.
What that means: Movement is any way things (ideas, people, and goods) can get from one place to another.
Human/Environment Interaction
Book Definition: Reciprocal relationship between humans and environment.
What that means: Human/environment interaction is is the effects human have on the evironment and vise versa.
Book Definition: Uniqueness of a location
What that means: A place is a specific location that offers notable factors.
Book Definition: An area on the Earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon.
What that means: A region is an area or division that is definable by certain characteristics.
Main Altitude: 1,657 meters (5436.352 feet)
Soil Conditions
- rare flood years
- soils range from sand rock to low quality fertile soils
- best soils are in the North
- five main geographical features
- abiotic conditions (physical rather than biological; not derived by living organisms)
- vegetation of some sort
- wide and flat
- runs from north to south
- contains most of population
- contains most of economic activity
- most significant river in Namibia
- runs for 403 miles (650 km)
- has a seasonal flow
- during the winter it dries up completly
- best known geographical feature
- divided between Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana
- although it climate is hyper-arid (extremely dry) and sandy it is home to over 5,000 species of plants
- stretches across the entire coastline
- contains some of the oldest parts of desert in the world
- sand dunes located here are the highest in the world
- also known as The Great Escarpment
- landscape is rocky yet developed
- is located in northeastern Namibia
- located along the Angola border
- flat and sandy stretch of land
Biggest Cities:
- Windhoek
- Rundu
- Walvis Bay
- Oshakati
- Swakopmund
- Katima Mulilo
- Grootfontein
- Rehoboth
- Otjiwarongo
- Okahandja
- Namib and Kalahari deserts characterized by exotic plant life
- mountains are somewhat wooded
- plateaus are scrub bushes and grass
- aloe is a common plant found throughout the plateaus
- subtropical desert climate
- great differences in day and night temperatures
- low humidity and rainfall
- temperature increases by about 6 degrees C (48.2 degrees F) per 1000 meters (3280.84 feet) you decend
- rainfall is higher in the far north, including Etosha and the Caprivi Strip
- the father south you go the more hot and dry the weather will become
- extremely good game
- game being poached
- poaching is extremely bad in the north
- in adition to regular African wild life Namibia has free range cattle and sheep
- National Parks meant to protect endangered
- Etosha National Park, Skeleton Coast Park, Namib Naukluft Park, and Sperrgebiet National Park
- many of the dress customs have disappeared
- women are, most of the time, the people who wear traditional dress
- many food customs and traditional meals
- 5,693.13 US dollars
- statistics taken in 2013
- 85 percent are black
- 5 percent European
- 10 percent south african
- English is the main language
- more than 11 languages
- Oshiwambo spoken by 49% of households
- Nama/Damara spoken by 11% of households
- Afrikaans spoken by 10% of households
- Kavango spoken by 9% of households; and
- Otjiherero spoken by 9% of households.
Windhoek 268,132
Rundu 58,172
Walvis Bay 52,058
Oshakati 33,618
Swakopmund 25,047
Katima Mulilo 25,027
Grootfontein 24,099
Rehoboth 21,377
Otjiwarongo 21,224
Okahandja 20,879
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- 13 regions
- divided up by regions then cities
- has a semi-presidential representative democratic republic
- Namibia is in the South Africa region
- Namibia is similar to its surrounding countries becasue...
- along the coast line
- has little arable land
- has many desert areas
Absolute Location: Main latitude and Longitude of Namibia is 22 degrees south and 17 degrees east
Capital:
- Windhoek-27.5700 S, 17.0836 E
Large Cities
- Rundu- 17.9167° S, 19.7667° E
- Walvis Bay- 22.9561° S, 14.5081° E
- Oshakati- 17.7836° S, 15.6994° E
- Relative Location
- positioned in southern Africa
- bordered by Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa
- bordered by the Atlantic Ocean
In the eastern and southern hemispheres
Namibia is located in the southern part of africa
Travel Time and Distance
- 7947 miles from Columbus, Indiana
- Flight Time- 12 hours and 20 minutes
Human/Environment Interaction
Recycling:
- produce 3000 tons of waste daily
- beginning to start recycling projects
- goal: to clear up landfills
- has water pollution and air pollution
- air pollution is at a 35 which is extremely low
- have good quality air and water with low pollution levels
VERY FEW NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS
- extremely lush
- has no shortage of crops, trees, or shrubs
- brings in over half of the country's income
- mine copper, uranium, zinc, lead, gold, silver, and tin
- Arable Land- 0.97 percent
- harvest maize and rice
- Permanent Land- 0.01 percent
- harvest coffee, rubber, and citris
- because the lack of arable land many people live in cities
- most popular city is Windhoek
- not many people live near the coastline because of the deserts
Namibia
- mostly import cars
- import certain kinds of food because of the lack of arable land
- obtain from surrounding countries
- average income from exporting is $2.04 billion
- main exports are silver, gold, rubber, citrus products, and fish
- export to surrounding countries
- have cellular communications
- have cell phone, and most can actually afford them
- surprisingly it has a great road network because of its remote locations
- almost 300 airstrips around the country
- they have a railway service but it is hardly used
- two luxury trains for tourists only
Travel from Place to Place
- If you were a tourist you would most likely drive from place to place
- you would arrive from the USA by plane
- people would migrate because....
- safety
- many city jobs available
- climate (to an extent)