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The top layer of the land surface of the earth that is composed of disintegrated rock particles, humus, water and air. (Source: CED)

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Coetzee ME 2001. NAMSOTER - A SOTER Database for Namibia.

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NAMSOTER_A SOTER Database for Namibia.pdf	1.27 MB

Buch MW 1997. Etosha Pan - the third largest lake in the world. Madoqua 20 (1) 49-64

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Etosha Pan_the third largest lake in the world.pdf	2.19 MB

Buch MW 1990. Soils, soil erosion and vegetation in the Etosha National Park/Northern Namibia - Field and laboratory results of the investigations of the year 1989.

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Soils_soil erosion and vegetation in the Etosha National Park Northern Namibia.pdf	7.34 MB

Bengler GH, Buch M, Trippner C 1993. An extended soil classification system for the Etosha National Park and adjacent areas in central northern Namibia - Based on the revised FAO legend of the soil map of the world.

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An extended soil classification system for the Etosha National Park.pdf	1.63 MB

Beugler-Bell H, Buch MW, Trippner C 1993. A guideline for soil classification in the Etosha National Park and adjacent areas in central northern Namibia based on the FAO/UNESCO legend of the soil map of the world and including a methodology for a basic eco-pedological Hazard Assessment.

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A guideline for soil classification in the Etosha National Park.pdf	1.77 MB

Bertram S 2003. Late Quaternary sand ramps in south-western Namibia: Nature, origin and palaeoclimatological significance.

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Late Quaternary sand ramps in south_western Namibia.pdf	4.58 MB

Vertisol research in Namibia.

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Vertisol research in Namibia.pdf	112.36 KB

2020. Sources of Namibian legacy soil data.

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List of Sources of Legacy Soil Data_14 Aug 2020.docx	59.31 KB

Herrmann N, Boom A, Carr AS, Chase BM, Granger R, Hahn A, Zabel M, Schefuß E 2016. Sources, transport and deposition of terrestrial organic material: Acase study from southwestern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews 149 215-229

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Sources_transport and deposition of terrestrial organic material.pdf	2.35 MB

Shiponeni NN, Carrick PJ, Allsopp N, Hoffman MT 2014. Effects of root competition and soils on seedling establishment at the ecotone between an arid grassland and succulent shrubland in South Africa. Journal of Vegetation Science 25 402-410

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Effects of root competition and soils on seedling establishment.pdf	361.51 KB

Lalley JS 2005. Lichen-dominated soil crusts in the hyper-arid Namib Desert: Anthropogenic impacts and conservation implications.

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Lichen_dominated soil crusts in the hyper_arid Namib Desert_Anthropogenic impacts and conservation implications.pdf	6.47 MB

Haussmann NS, Louw MA, Lewis S, Nicol KJH, van der Merwe S, le Roux PC 2018. Ecosystem engineering through aardvark (Orycteropus afer) burrowing: Mechanisms and effects. Ecological Engineering 118 66-72

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Ecosystem engineering through aardvark burrowing Mechanisms and effects.pdf	1.37 MB

León-Sobrino C, Ramond J-B, Coclet C, Kapitango R-M, Maggs-Kölling G, Cowan DA 2024. Temporal dynamics of microbial transcription in wetted hyperarid desert soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100

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Temporal dynamics of microbial transcription in wetted hyperarid desert soils_0.pdf	810.49 KB

Production systems in Kunene North Subregion - Livestock farming in north-western part of Namibia.

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Production_systems_in_Kunene_North_subregion.pdf	507.53 KB

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

Hasheela I 2018. Contamination mapping and land use categorization for Tsumeb, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19 1-7

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Contamination mapping and land use categorization for Tsumeb.pdf	1.24 MB

Mapani BS, Schreiber U, Kamona AF Management of City aquifers from anthropogenic activities, soil dynamics and challenges for the future: An example of the Windhoek aquifer, Namibia.

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Management of City aquifers from anthropogenic activities_soil dynamics and challenges for the future.pdf	1.22 MB

Haindongo PN, Kazapua VU, Shikongo PM 2021. Vegetation types and structure in the Kanovlei State Forest in Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 5 (C) 1-3

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Vegetation types and structure in the Kanovlei State Forest in Namibia.pdf	4.58 MB

Burke A 2002. Present vegetation in the Kavango Region. Namibia Scientific Society 50 133-145

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JNSS50-Kavango.pdf	4.53 MB

Atlas of Namibia Team 2022. Atlas of Namibia - its land, water and life.

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Atlas of Namibia_00 Cover and prelims.pdf	5.25 MB
Atlas of Namibia_01 Introduction.pdf	13.44 MB
Atlas of Namibia_02 Landforms and Geology.pdf	72.22 MB
Atlas of Namibia_03 Climate.pdf	29.6 MB
Atlas of Namibia_04 Water.pdf	58.5 MB
Atlas of Namibia_05 Soil.pdf	50.66 MB
Atlas of Namibia_06 Vegetation.pdf	54.56 MB
Atlas of Namibia_07 Wildlife.pdf	49.41 MB
Atlas of Namibia_08 Land.pdf	69.72 MB
Atlas of Namibia_09 Namibia's People.pdf	51.97 MB
Atlas of Namibia_10 Livelihoods.pdf	90.07 MB
Atlas of Namibia_11 Namibia in Detail.pdf	77.37 MB
Atlas of Namibia_00 End pages.pdf	6.19 MB

Website link:Atlas of Namibia online

Naidoo Y, Valverde A, Pierneef RE, Cowan DA 2022. Differences in precipitation regime shape microbial community composition and functional potential in Namib Desert soils. Soil Microbiology 83 689-701

Bosch J, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G, Ramond J-B, Lebre PH, Eckardt F, Cowan DA 2022. Water inputs across the Namib Desert: implications for dryland edaphic microbiology. Frontiers of Biogeography

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Water inputs across the Namib Desert.pdf	1.61 MB

Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Fey MV, Gröngröft A, Petersen A, Sirami C 2013. Constraint on woody cover in relation to nutrient content of soils in western southern Africa. Oikos 122 (1) 136-148

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Constraint on woody cover in relation to nutrient content of soils in western southern Africa.pdf	1.52 MB

Treonis AM, Marais E, Maggs-Kölling G 2022. Nematode communities indicate diverse soil functioning across a fog gradient in the Namib Desert gravel plains. Ecology and Evolution 12 (6) e9013

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Nematode communities indicate diverse soil functioning across a fog gradient in the Namib Desert gravel plains.pdf	1.47 MB

1969. Soil Conservation Act 76 of 1969.

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ACT_1969_06_76_Soil Conservation Act.pdf	153.67 KB

Cowan D, Ramond J-B 2022. A decade of microbiome research in the Namib Desert. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 69 19-41

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A decade of microbiome research in the Namib Desert.pdf	1.89 MB

Vikram S, Ramond J-B, Ortiz M, Maggs-Kölling G, Pelser K, Cowan DA 2023. Soil fungal diversity and assembly along a xeric stress gradient in the central Namib Desert. Fungal Biology 127 (4) 997-1003

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Soil fungal diversity and assembly along a xeric stress gradient in the central Namib Desert.pdf	264.92 KB

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614623000284?via%3Dihub=

Kakujaha-Matundu O 1996. Subsistence Farmers Perception of Environmental Problems and Monetary Estimates of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Resources in the Okakarara Area.

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Subsistence_Farmers_Perception_of_Environmental_Problems_and_Monetary_Estimates_of_Agricultural_and_Non-Agricultural_Resources_in_The_Okakarara_Area_Matundu_1996.pdf	1.19 MB

Mendelsohn JM, Huntley BJ 2023. Introducing the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 7-22

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Introducing the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia.pdf	2.08 MB

Vlieghe K, Picker M 2019. Do high soil temperatures on Namibian fairy circle discs explain the absence of vegetation?. PLoS ONE 14 (5)

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Do high soil temperatures on Namibian fairy circle discs explain the absence of vegetation.pdf	846.5 KB

Yizhaq H, Rein C, Saban L, Cohen N, Kroy K, Katra I 2024. Aeolian sand sorting and soil moisture in arid Namibian fairy circles. Land 13 (2)

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Aeolian sand sorting and soil moisture in arid Namibian fairy circles.pdf	9.37 MB

Getzin S, Yizhaq H 2024. Desiccation of undamaged grasses in the topsoil causes Namibia's fairy circles - Response to Jürgens and Gröngröft (2023). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 63

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Desiccation of undamaged grasses in the topsoil causes Namibias fairy circles.pdf	770.59 KB

Jürgens N, Gröngröft A 2023. Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia's fairy circles - A response to Getzin et al. (2022). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 60

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Sand termite herbivory causes Namibias fairy circles_A response to Getzin et al.pdf	443.44 KB

Enguwa KBP, Horn LN, Awala SK 2023. Comparative effect of different irrigation levels and soil amendments on cabbage productivity in semi-arid Central Namibia. Irrigation and Drainage

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Comparative effect of different irrigation levels and soil amendments on cabbage productivity in semi_arid Central Namibia.pdf	1.25 MB

2024. Assessment of the impact of bush encroachment and bush control on soil organic carbon in Namibia.

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Assessment of the impact of bush encroachment and bush control on soil organic carbon in Namibia.pdf	5.43 MB

Zimmer K, Amputu V, Schwarz L-M, Linstädter A, Sandhage-Hofmann A 2024. Soil characteristics within vegetation patches are sensitive indicators of savanna rangeland degradation in central Namibia. Geoderma Regional 36

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Soil characteristics within vegetation patches are sensitive indicators of savanna rangeland degradation in central Namibia.pdf	727.19 KB

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Dreber N, Esler KJ 2011. Spatio-temporal variation in soil seed banks under contrasting grazing regimes following low and high seasonal rainfall in arid Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 75 (2) 174-184

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Ambambi HN, Katjimune HV, Hipondoka M, Wanke H 2020. Spatial distribution of soil salinity: a GIS-based assessment at the Hardap irrigation scheme, Namibia. Namibian Journal for Research, Science and Technology (NJRST) 2 125-134

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Spatial distribution of soil salinity_a GIS_based assessment at the Hardap irrigation scheme_Namibia.pdf	357.12 KB

Kahumba A 2020. Influence of seasonal variation and land management systems on soils and Colophospermum mopane forage mineral status in the central northern Namibia. Namibian Journal for Research, Science and Technology (NJRST) 2 21-35

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Influence of seasonal variation and land management systems on soils and Colophospermum mopane forage mineral status in the central northern Namibia.pdf	376.59 KB

Chabala LM, Angombe S, Amelung W, Murray LR 2022. The effect of water deficit and livestock stocking density on soil organic carbon stocks in Namibia. Geoderma 407

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Nghalipo E, Throop HL 2021. Vegetation patch type has a greater influence on soil respiration than does fire history on soil respiration in an arid broadleaf savanna woodland, central Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 193

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Cowan DA, Cary SG, DiRuggiero J, Eckardt F, Ferrari B, Hopkins DW, Lebre PH, Maggs-Kölling G, Pointing SB, Ramond J-B, Tribbia D, Warren-Rhodes K 2023. 'Follow the Water': Microbial water acquisition in desert soils. Microorganisms 11

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Follow the water_Microbial water acquisition in desert soils.pdf	598.76 KB

Siebert SJ, Palacio S, Luzuriaga AL, Maggs-Kölling G, Marais E, Matesanz S, Prieto M, Pueyo Y, Rajakaruna N, Sánchez AM, Claassens S 2023. GYPWORLD Africa: Setting an agenda for gypsum ecosystem research in southern Africa. South African Journal of Science 119 (9/10)

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GYPWORLD Africa_Setting an agenda for gypsum ecosystem research in southern Africa.pdf	134.03 KB

Noy K, Silver M, Pesek O, Yizhaq H, Marais E, Karnieli A 2023. Spatial and spectral analysis of fairy circles in Namibia on a landscape scale using satellite image processing and machine learning analysis. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 121

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Zádorová T, Penížek V, Mihaljevic M, Koubova M, Lisa L, Ettler V, Tejnecký V, Drábek O, Pavlů L, Kribek B, Vanek A, Sracek O, Reyes Rojas J, Hrdlicka T, Vokurkova P, Mapani B 2025. Local diversity of soil forming processes in the semi-arid tropics and its environmental drivers: An example from Otavi Mountains, northern Namibia. Catena 249

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Local diversity of soil forming processes in the semi_arid tropics and its environmental drivers_Otavi Mountains.pdf	4.82 MB

Mendelsohn J, Mendelsohn S 2018. South west Angola - A portrait of land and life.

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Southwest Angola_its land and people.pdf	107.84 MB

Mubyana T, Krah M, Totoloz O, Bonyongo MC 2003. Influence of seasonal flooding on soil total nitrogen, organic phosphorus and microbial populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Arid Environments 54 (2) 359-369

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Britz M-L, Ward D Dynamics of woody vegetation in a semi-arid savanna, with a focus on bush encroachment. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 24 (3) 131-140

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/AJRFS.2007.24.3.3.296

Feng Y, Li C, Sandino TS, Xiong C, Eldridge D, Gross N, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Ochoa V, Gozalo B, Guirado E, García-Gómez M, Valencia E, Berdugo M, Asensio S, Martínez-Valderrama J, Mendoza B, Berhe A, Cutler N, Maggs-Kölling G, Marais E 2025. Soil microbial genomic responses to aridity-driven elemental imbalance across global biomes. Research Square

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Soil microbial genomic responses to aridity_driven elemental imbalances across global biomes.pdf	1.67 MB

Tedder M, Morris C, Fynn R, Kirkman K 2012. Do soil nutrients mediate competition between grasses and Acacia saplings?. Grassland Science 58 (4) 238-245

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Do soil nutrients mediate competition between grasses and Acacia saplings.pdf	386.56 KB