Dodevlei is a white clay plain close to the better-known Sossusvlei, in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. The Dodevlei is surrounded by some of the highest dunes in the world, the tallest of which is 300 to 400 metres high and sits on a sandstone terrace. The clay layer was formed when rainfall flooded the Tsauchab River, creating shallow pools where camel thorns could grow in the abundance of water. When the climate changed, the area was ravaged by drought. Sand dunes surrounded the plain, blocking the flow of water from the river. As too little water reached the trees, they died, although some plant species could survive on the moisture from the morning mist and the little rainfall, such as salsola and inara. The remaining skeletons of the trees, said to be about 900 years old, have been blackened by the sun. Although they are not petrified, they do not decay because it is too dry.
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