It boasts 600 plant species and 45 mammals, including savanna baboons, and is in the heart of 'bloom country' around 15km south-east of Springbok, the largest town in
Namaqualand.
Roux revises her guide to the wildflowers of the
Namaqualand region on the west coast of South Africa, home to the Knersvlakte Nature Reserve, which was added to the national network of protected areas in September 2014.
* Suurvygie is a medicinal plant that grows on coastal and inland slopes from
Namaqualand in the Northern Cape, through the Western Cape, to the Eastern Capeare.
'The climate of
Namaqualand in the nineteenth century'.
He explored Zululand, the Transvaal, what is now Botswana and Namibia,
Namaqualand and Matabeleland before they were mapped, and his classic account of his African adventures, African Hunting and Adventure was cited by none other than Selous as his raison d'etre for coming to Africa.
[8] With regard to lipoid proteinosis, a study conducted in the
Namaqualand region of SA proposed that a brother and his sister who were born early in the 18th century are the common ancestors of present-day lipoid proteinosis patients.
At a regional scale, a number of studies focus on southern Africa, where nineteenth-century rainfall series have been published for the Kalahari (Nash and Endfield 2002a,b, 2008), Lesotho (Nash and Grab 2010),
Namaqualand (Kelso and Vogel 2007), and the southern and eastern Cape (Vogel 1989).
Hamada et al., "Clinical and molecular characterization of lipoid proteinosis in
Namaqualand, South Africa," British Journal of Dermatology, vol.
If you can spare the time, the seven or so hour trek up to the semi-desert
Namaqualand region near Namibia or the four-hour hike to the scrubby veld of the Tankwa Karoo National Park are apparently well worth it.
Factors influencing the ranching of the abalone species (Haliotis midae) along the
Namaqualand coast of South Africa.
Port Nolloth in
Namaqualand, on South Africa's arid Atlantic coast, became familiar to Swansea seamen, so too Tilt Cove in Newfoundland.
Lebert (2006) 'Land reform, range ecology, and carrying capacities in
Namaqualand, South Africa', Annals of the Association of American Geographers 96 (3): 524-40.