Sossusvlei - Quiz
Sossusvlei
  • 1. How far is Sossusvlei from the Sesriem gate?
A) About 66 km
B) About 80 km
C) About 50 km
D) About 100 km
  • 2. What type of vehicle is required to traverse the last 6 km to Sossusvlei?
A) Motorcycles
B) Regular cars
C) 4WD vehicles
D) Bicycles
  • 3. What is the name of the place where the metalled road ends before reaching Sossusvlei?
A) Dune parking
B) 2x4 parking
C) Sesriem parking
D) Vlei parking
  • 4. What is the shape of the clay pan at Sossusvlei?
A) Roughly elliptical
B) Circular
C) Square
D) Triangular
  • 5. What river has shaped the clay pan at Sossusvlei over time?
A) Tsauchab river
B) Cunene river
C) Okavango river
D) Orange river
  • 6. How often does the Tsauchab river flood the clay pan at Sossusvlei?
A) Flooding is a relatively rare event
B) Floods every week
C) Floods every month
D) Floods every year
  • 7. What type of vegetation can be found surrounding the vlei?
A) Only grass
B) Only bushes
C) Grass, bushes, and some trees (mostly of species Vachellia erioloba)
D) Only cacti
  • 8. What is the height of Big Daddy, the highest dune in the Sossusvlei area?
A) About 400 meters
B) About 200 meters
C) About 325 meters
D) About 500 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) Green meadows
C) Living camelthorn trees
D) Blackened, dead camelthorn trees
  • 11. How far is Deadvlei from Sossusvlei?
A) About 10 km
B) About 15 km
C) About 5 km
D) About 2 km
  • 12. What is the distance from the 2x4 parking to Hiddenvlei?
A) 4 km
B) 2 km
C) 8 km
D) 6 km
  • 13. What are lithified dunes?
A) Dunes made of clay
B) Sand dunes that have solidified to rock
C) Dunes covered in vegetation
D) Dunes that are always wet
  • 14. When was the asphalt road to Sossusvlei built?
A) In the early 2000s
B) In the 1990s
C) In the 2010s
D) In the 1980s
  • 15. Where can accommodation be found in relation to the Sossusvlei National Park?
A) Only inside the park
B) Along the border of the National Park, between Sesriem and Solitaire
C) Only outside the park
D) Only in Sesriem
  • 16. From where do hot air balloons depart for flights over the dunes?
A) Sesriem in the morning
B) Swakopmund in the afternoon
C) Solitaire at night
D) Walvis Bay in the evening
  • 17. Which movie used Sossusvlei to represent an oneiric virtual reality?
A) The Fall
B) Steel Dawn
C) Samsara
D) The Cell (2000)
  • 18. What genre of movies often uses Sossusvlei as a setting?
A) Fantasy
B) Horror
C) Romance
D) Comedy
  • 19. What type of documentary uses shots of the desert for spiritual commentary?
A) Nonverbal documentary Samsara
B) Documentary on wildlife
C) Documentary on history
D) Documentary on tourism
  • 20. What does the name 'Sossusvlei' roughly mean?
A) Salt pan
B) High dune area
C) Dead-end marsh
D) Iron-rich desert
  • 21. What is the Afrikaans word for 'marsh'?
A) River
B) Pan
C) Vlei
D) Dune
  • 22. What type of drainage basin is Sossusvlei?
A) Closed
B) Exorheic
C) Open
D) Endorheic
  • 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) Oryxes
C) Springboks
D) Elephants
  • 25. What adaptation helps the Namib Desert Beetle collect water?
A) Large ears
B) Thick fur
C) Long legs
D) Specially adapted bumps on its back
  • 26. What is the annual mean average temperature in Sossusvlei?
A) 24 °C
B) 30 °C
C) 15 °C
D) 18 °C
  • 27. What is the typical nighttime low temperature in winter in Sossusvlei?
A) Around 15 °C
B) Around 20 °C
C) Around 10 °C
D) Around 5 °C
  • 28. How old are the sands that compose Dune 45?
A) 1-million-year-old
B) 2-million-year-old
C) 10-million-year-old
D) 5-million-year-old
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