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The general process or the group of processes whereby the materials of Earth's crust are loosened , dissolved, or worn away and simultaneously moved from one place to another, by natural agencies, which include weathering, solution, corrosion, and transportation, but usually exclude mass wasting. (Source: BJGEO)

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Sweeting MM, Lancaster N 1982. Solutional and wind erosion forms on limestone in the central Namib Desert. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 26 (2) 197-207

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Marker ME 1983. Fluvial deposits of the middle Kuiseb valley, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 6 (4) 333-348

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Fluvial deposits of the middle Kuiseb valley.pdf	10.59 MB

Wilkinson MJ 1988. Arid landscapes. The geomorphology of Southern Africa. 78-102

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Arid landscapes_The geomorphology of Southern Africa.pdf	13.14 MB

Gehring AU, Riahi N, Kind J, Almqvist BSG, Weidler PG 2014. The formation of the Namib Sand Sea inferred from the spatial pattern of magnetic rock fragments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 395 168-172

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X14001939

Boelhouwers J, Scheepers T 2004. The role of antelope trampling on scarp erosion in a hyper-arid environment, Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 58 (4) 545-557

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196303001769

Matmon A, Mushkin A, Enzel Y, Grodek T 2013. Erosion of a granite inselberg, Gross Spitzkoppe, Namib Desert. Geomorphology 201 52-59

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X13003152

Rouby D, Bonnet S, Guillocheau F, Gallagher K, Robin C, Biancotto F, Dauteuil O, Braun J 2009. Sediment supply to the Orange sedimentary system over the last 150 My: An evaluation from sedimentation/denudation balance. Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (6) 782-794

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264817208001426

Knetsch G 1938. Aus dem Sedimentstammbaum eines Trockengebietes (Beobachtung aus der südlichen Namib, Südwestafrika). Geologische Rundschau 29 (3-5) 334-347

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01806893

Bruijnzeel LA 2004. Hydrological functions of tropical forests: not seeing the soil for the trees?. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 104 (1) 185-228

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880904000404

Codilean AT, Bishop P, Stuart FM, Hoey TB, Fabel D, Freeman SPHT 2007. Single-grain cosmogenic 21Ne concentrations in fluvial sediments reveal spatially variable erosion rates. Geology 36 (2) 159-162

Website link:http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/36/2/159.abstract

Ritchie JC, Walling DE, Peters J 2002. Application of geographic information systems and remote sensing for quantifying patterns of erosion and water quality. Hydrological Processes 17 (5) 885-886

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.1167/abstract

Viles HA, Taylor MP, Nicoll K, Neumann S 2007. Facies evidence of hydroclimatic regime shifts in tufa depositional sequences from the arid Naukluft Mountains, Namibia. Sedimentary Geology 195 (1-2) 39-53

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073806002053

Hochschild V, Märker M, Rodolfi G, Staudenrausch H 2003. Delineation of erosion classes in semi-arid southern African grasslands using vegetation indices from optical remote sensing data. Hydrological Processes 17 (5) 917-928

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.1170/abstract

Klintenberg P, Seely M 2004. Land Degradation Monitoring in Namibia: A First Approximation. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 99 (1 - 3) 5 - 21

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Land Degradation Monitoring in Namibia_A First Approximation.pdf	1.52 MB

Namibia Desertification.

Website link:http://www.namibia-desertification.org/

Wilkinson MJ 1988. Tertiary events in the Tumas River basin, central Namib Desert: geology and geomorphology of the Naarip plain. 137-164

Mabbutt JA 1951. The evolution of the middle Ugab Valley, Damaraland, South West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 33 (3) 333-363

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359195109519890#.VGs9WVItBHg

2018. Metadata for the LandPKS monitoring and herbaceous biomass monitoring carried out by the Rangeland Monitoring Project.

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Rangeland Monitoring Project metadata.zip	246.63 KB

Erosion gullies in southern and central Angola.

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Erosion gullies in southern and central Angola.zip	39.25 MB

2018. OPTIMASS, a joint Namibian-German research project.

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OPTIMASS_broschure_final_low.pdf	3.89 MB

McCarthy TS, Ellery WN 1997. The Fluvial dynamics of the Maunachira Channel system, northeastern Okavango Swamps, Botswana. Water SA 23 (2) 115 - 125

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The Fluvial dynamics of the Maunachira Channel system_northeastern Okavango Swamps_Botswana.pdf	862.07 KB

Ellery WN, Ellery K, Rogers KH, McCarthy TS, Walker BH 1993. Vegetation, hydrology and sedimentation processes as determinants of channel form and dynamics in the northeastern Okavango Delta, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 31 10 - 25

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Vegetation_hydrology and sedimentation processes_channel form and dynamics in the northeastern Okavango Delta.pdf	2.88 MB

Strohbach BJ 2000. Soil erosion - causative factors, extent and prevention. Agri-Info 6 (1) 8-14

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Soil erosion_causative factors_extent and prevention.pdf	607.17 KB

Department of Agricultural Technical Services 1979. The delimitation of fairly homogeneous farming areas of the northern and central sub-regions of S.W.A. with the prevailing problems and envisaged development programmes for the various branches of Agriculture.

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The delimitation of fairly homogeneous farming areas of SWA.pdf	29.28 MB

Strohbach B 2000. Soil erosion - causitive factors, extent and prevention. Agri-Info 6 (1) 8-14

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AgriInfo6_1_2000_Soil erosion.pdf	616.46 KB

Heine K, Völkel J 2010. Soil clay minerals in Namibia and their significance for the terrestrial and marine past global change Research. African Study Monographs 40 31-50

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Soil clay minerals 2010.pdf	1.36 MB

Bierman PR, Caffee M 2001. Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment, Southern Africa. Ameriacan Journal of Science 301 326-358

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Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment_2001.pdf	2.53 MB

Oldeman LR, Hakkeling RTA, Sombrock WG 1991. World map of the status of human-induced soil degradation. An explanatory note.

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World map of the status of human-induced soil degradation_1991.pdf	4.87 MB

Tongway D, Hindley N 2000. Understanding more about your landscape. A method for monitoring landscape productivity.

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Understanding more about your landscape_A method for monitoring landscape productivity.pdf	8.96 MB

Tongway DJ, Sparrow AD, Friedel MH 2003. Degradation and recovery processes in arid grazing lands of central Australia. Part 1: soil and land resources. Journal of Arid Environments 55 301-326

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Degradation and recovery processes in arid grazing lands of central Australia_2003.pdf	281.39 KB

Strohbach BJ, Calitz AJ, Coetzee ME 1996. Erosion hazard mapping: Modelling the vegetative cover. Agricola 9 53 - 59

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Erosion hazard mapping_Modelling the vegetative cover_1996.pdf	2.42 MB

Els JF 2002. Weirs: Experience in southern Namibia.

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Spotlight_057.pdf	1009.25 KB

Shamathe K, Zimmermann I, Pringle HJR, Rusch EA, Rusch IB 2008. Restoration of a gully system in a key upland fertile valley.

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Reid H, Sahlén L, Stage J, MacGregor J 2007. The economic impact of climate change in Namibia: How climate change will affect the contribution of Namibia's natural resources to its economy.

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Namibia EEP discussion paper.pdf	1.14 MB