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News Release 11-190
Something Odd Is Happening With Namibia's Weather
Southwestern African country is no arid desert--this year
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![Kyle Nichols viewing a wet river crossing with words Photo Gallery and photo icon.](/news/mmg/media/images/namibia_wet_f.jpg)
View a photo gallery on Namibia's rivers, which are flowing from the desert to the sea--this year.
Credit: Produced by the National Science Foundation. Photos courtesy of Paul Bierman and Kyle Nichols.
![Photo of a pan, or closed basin, in Namibia filled with water and an inset showing a dry pan.](/news/mmg/media/images/namibia_wet1_f.jpg)
This pan, or closed basin, is filled with water--an unusual sight in Namibia. It was once bone-dry.
Credit: Paul Bierman, UVM
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![Photo of vegetation covering stony desert of Namibia and inset showing desert without plants.](/news/mmg/media/images/namibia_wet2_f.jpg)
Grass now covers much of the stony desert of Namibia, where there had been no plants.
Credit: Paul Bierman, UVM
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![View through fron window of vehicle showing unpaved gravel road in Namibia.](/news/mmg/media/images/namibia_wet3_f.jpg)
The scientists drove across 4,700 kilometers of Namibian roads, mostly unpaved gravel.
Credit: Paul Bierman, UVM
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![Photo of geologist Kyle Nichols standing next to wet river crossing in Namiba.](/news/mmg/media/images/namibia_wet4_f.jpg)
Normally dry Namibia river crossings weren't dry this year; geologist Kyle Nichols stands in one.
Credit: Paul Bierman, UVM
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![Photo of scientist Paul Bierman sieving a river bed to extract the medium sand fraction.](/news/mmg/media/images/namibia_wet5_f.jpg)
Scientist Paul Bierman sieves a Noab River tributary to extract the medium sand fraction.
Credit: Kyle Nichols, Skidmore College
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