Sossusvlei - Exam
Sossusvlei
  • 1. How far is Sossusvlei from the Sesriem gate?
A) About 80 km
B) About 100 km
C) About 66 km
D) About 50 km
  • 2. What type of vehicle is required to traverse the last 6 km to Sossusvlei?
A) 4WD vehicles
B) Bicycles
C) Motorcycles
D) Regular cars
  • 3. What is the name of the place where the metalled road ends before reaching Sossusvlei?
A) Vlei parking
B) 2x4 parking
C) Dune parking
D) Sesriem parking
  • 4. What is the shape of the clay pan at Sossusvlei?
A) Triangular
B) Roughly elliptical
C) Square
D) Circular
  • 5. What river has shaped the clay pan at Sossusvlei over time?
A) Okavango river
B) Orange river
C) Tsauchab river
D) Cunene river
  • 6. How often does the Tsauchab river flood the clay pan at Sossusvlei?
A) Floods every month
B) Flooding is a relatively rare event
C) Floods every year
D) Floods every week
  • 7. What type of vegetation can be found surrounding the vlei?
A) Only grass
B) Grass, bushes, and some trees (mostly of species Vachellia erioloba)
C) Only bushes
D) Only cacti
  • 8. What is the height of Big Daddy, the highest dune in the Sossusvlei area?
A) About 500 meters
B) About 325 meters
C) About 400 meters
D) About 200 meters
  • 9. Where is Big Daddy located in relation to Sossusvlei?
A) Inside Sossusvlei
B) Near Sesriem
C) Past Sossusvlei proper, near Deadvlei
D) Near Hiddenvlei
  • 10. What is a notable feature of Deadvlei?
A) Blackened, dead camelthorn trees
B) Living camelthorn trees
C) Green meadows
D) Blue lakes
  • 11. How far is Deadvlei from Sossusvlei?
A) About 5 km
B) About 2 km
C) About 15 km
D) About 10 km
  • 12. What is the distance from the 2x4 parking to Hiddenvlei?
A) 4 km
B) 2 km
C) 6 km
D) 8 km
  • 13. What are lithified dunes?
A) Sand dunes that have solidified to rock
B) Dunes that are always wet
C) Dunes covered in vegetation
D) Dunes made of clay
  • 14. When was the asphalt road to Sossusvlei built?
A) In the early 2000s
B) In the 1980s
C) In the 2010s
D) In the 1990s
  • 15. Where can accommodation be found in relation to the Sossusvlei National Park?
A) Along the border of the National Park, between Sesriem and Solitaire
B) Only inside the park
C) Only outside the park
D) Only in Sesriem
  • 16. From where do hot air balloons depart for flights over the dunes?
A) Solitaire at night
B) Sesriem in the morning
C) Walvis Bay in the evening
D) Swakopmund in the afternoon
  • 17. Which movie used Sossusvlei to represent an oneiric virtual reality?
A) Samsara
B) The Cell (2000)
C) The Fall
D) Steel Dawn
  • 18. What genre of movies often uses Sossusvlei as a setting?
A) Romance
B) Comedy
C) Horror
D) Fantasy
  • 19. What type of documentary uses shots of the desert for spiritual commentary?
A) Documentary on tourism
B) Documentary on history
C) Documentary on wildlife
D) Nonverbal documentary Samsara
  • 20. What does the name 'Sossusvlei' roughly mean?
A) Salt pan
B) Iron-rich desert
C) High dune area
D) Dead-end marsh
  • 21. What is the Afrikaans word for 'marsh'?
A) Dune
B) River
C) Pan
D) Vlei
  • 22. What type of drainage basin is Sossusvlei?
A) Exorheic
B) Open
C) Endorheic
D) Closed
  • 23. What is the highest dune in the Sossusvlei area nicknamed?
A) Big Daddy
B) Little Giant
C) Iron Giant
D) Red King
  • 24. Which animal is not typically found in the Sossusvlei area?
A) Elephants
B) Oryxes
C) Springboks
D) Antelopes
  • 25. What adaptation helps the Namib Desert Beetle collect water?
A) Long legs
B) Large ears
C) Specially adapted bumps on its back
D) Thick fur
  • 26. What is the annual mean average temperature in Sossusvlei?
A) 30 °C
B) 18 °C
C) 24 °C
D) 15 °C
  • 27. What is the typical nighttime low temperature in winter in Sossusvlei?
A) Around 5 °C
B) Around 10 °C
C) Around 15 °C
D) Around 20 °C
  • 28. How old are the sands that compose Dune 45?
A) 2-million-year-old
B) 5-million-year-old
C) 10-million-year-old
D) 1-million-year-old
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