page_title: Etosha pan
hierarchical_section_title: Etosha pan
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Ein Blick über die verdorrte Savanne auf die trockene, heiße und salzverkrustete Etosha-Pfanne in Namibia. Die Luft im Hintergrund ist heiß, flimmernd und staubig. Beim Baum handelt es sich um eine Schirmakazie (Acacia tortilis).English&#x3a;&#32; A picture (sight) of dry, hot and salt-encrusted Etosha pan over the parched savannah in Namibia. The air in the background is hot, very shimmering and dusty. The tree is an acacia tortilis.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Vue sur le désert de sel d'Etosha depuis la savane en Namibie. L'air en arrière-plan, très chaud et poussiéreux, forme des mirages. L'arbre est un Acacia tortilis.
context_page_description: The Etosha pan is a large endorheic salt pan, forming part of the Kalahari Basin in the north of Namibia. It is a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated. The 120-kilometre-long dry lakebed and its surroundings are protected as Etosha National Park, Namibia's second-largest wildlife park, covering 22,270 km². The pan is mostly dry but after a heavy rain it will acquire a thin layer of water, which is heavily salted by the mineral deposits on the surface.
context_section_description: The Etosha pan is a large endorheic salt pan, forming part of the Kalahari Basin in the north of Namibia. It is a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated. The 120-kilometre-long (75-mile-long) dry lakebed and its surroundings are protected as Etosha National Park, Namibia's second-largest wildlife park, covering 22,270 km². The pan is mostly dry but after a heavy rain it will acquire a thin layer of water, which is heavily salted by the mineral deposits on the surface.
caption: Looking across the savannah to the hot, dry, salt-encrusted Etosha pan
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