page_title: Sossusvlei
hierarchical_section_title: Sossusvlei
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Namib-Wüste, Sossusvlei-Region: blindes Ende des Tsauchab-Flusses mit Sossusvlei und Deadvlei, Ausschnitt aus einer LandSat-7-Aufnahme, natürliche Farben, kontrastverstärkt English: Namib desert, Sossusvlei area: dead end of the Tsauchab River with Sossusvlei and Deadvlei, detail of a LandSat 7 image, natural colors, contrast enhanced
context_page_description: Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name "Sossusvlei" is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area, which is one of the major visitor attractions of Namibia.
  The name "Sossusvlei" is of mixed origin and roughly means "dead-end marsh". Vlei is the Afrikaans word for "marsh", while "sossus" is Nama for "no return" or "dead end". Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic drainage basin for the ephemeral Tsauchab River.
context_section_description: Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name "Sossusvlei" is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vleis such as Deadvlei and other high dunes), which is one of the major visitor attractions of Namibia.
  The name "Sossusvlei" is of mixed origin and roughly means "dead-end marsh". Vlei is the Afrikaans word for "marsh", while "sossus" is Nama for "no return" or "dead end". Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic drainage basin (i.e., a drainage basin without outflows) for the ephemeral Tsauchab River.
caption: Satellite image of Sossusvlei (Landsat 7)
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