Why is namib desert so hot and even dry after been near to the coast of Atlantic Ocean
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This is caused by the difference in temperature between the chilly ocean current and the warm desert sand. The moisture from the fog provides almost all of the water for this region, where rainfall is extremely scarce. The landscape of this area is mostly large sand dunes.
This is caused by the difference in temperature between the chilly ocean current and the warm desert sand. The moisture from the fog provides almost all of the water for this region, where rainfall is extremely scarce. The landscape of this area is mostly large sand dunes. In fact, the dunes found along the Namibian coast are the largest in the world. Further inland is an area of more extreme temperature conditions, where it is far enough away from the ocean to not be influenced, yet it is not far enough inland (nor high enough in elevation) to receive the relatively ample rainfall. The temperatures here are what a typical desert is thought of as having – hot days, cold nights, and minimal precipitation (though still more than the precipitation in the Fog Belt). The landscape of this area is like that of dry, sparse plains. East of this area, where the terrain is much higher in elevation, the rainfall is greater because of that, and the temperatures are not quite as extreme.