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