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The Kuiseb River is an ephemeral river in western-central Namibia. Its source is in the Khomas Highland west of Windhoek . From there it flows westwards through the Namib-Naukluft National Park and the Namib desert to Walvis Bay .
This park has "a spectacular coastal dune belt, vast gravel plains, Namibia’s richest coastal area for birds, rich botanical diversity, and major ephemeral river systems and their river mouths." [ 2 ] The central coast line of 1,600 kilometres (990 mi), which includes the Dorob National Park, is an area of hyper arid desert.
The Kuiseb River in Namibia is a prominent ephemeral river in Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It flows from the Khomas highlands west of Windhoek to Walvis Bay, through the Namib Desert. The river only flows above ground during the rare occurrences of heavy rain in its catchment area.
ǃNara melons which grow on the banks of the Kuiseb are the primary staple food of the Topnaars. [5] Apart from ǃNara products which are also sold to tourists, most Topnaar people depend on livestock farming and old-age grants. Seth Kooitjie was the Chief of the Topnaar people until his death in February 2019. The traditional authority gains ...
The C14, also the MR 36, is an untarred road in Namibia.It starts in Walvis Bay and goes south-east through Solitaire, Maltahöhe, Helmeringhausen and ends in Goageb.It is 643 kilometres (400 mi) long and rises up to an altitude of 1,528 metres (5,013 ft) above sea level.
The Namib-Naukluft Park is a national park in western Namibia, situated between the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the edge of the Great Escarpment.It encompasses part of the Namib Desert (considered the world's oldest desert), the Naukluft mountain range, and the lagoon at Sandwich Harbour.
The only tribe still distinguishable from their assimilating neighborhood are the Topnaar of the southern Namib who in 2005 consisted of around 500 members, distributed over 12 small settlements along Kuiseb River in central Namibia. [2]
The Namib (/ ˈ n ɑː m ɪ b / NAH-mib; [1] Portuguese: Namibe) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa.According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and northwest South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape ...