Kuiseb River

E639583

The Kuiseb River is an ephemeral watercourse in Namibia that forms a dramatic boundary between the sand dunes of the Namib Desert and the gravel plains to the north.

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Kuiseb River canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ephemeral river ⓘ
river in Namibia ⓘ
alsoSpelled Kuiseb ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfallInCatchment low and highly variable ⓘ
climateZone hyper-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
ecosystemType riparian corridor in desert ⓘ
flowPattern flows mainly during rainy season ⓘ
flowsInto Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Namib sand dunes ⓘ
linked to: Namib Desert

gravel plains north of the Namib dunes ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Topnaar Nama people ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalRole controls dune advance ⓘ
incises canyon in Namib Desert ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFeature substantial subsurface flow in sandy riverbed ⓘ
hasOasisAt Gobabeb ⓘ
hasOasisAt Homeb ⓘ
hasResearchStation Gobabeb Namib Research Institute ⓘ
hasSourceNear Khomas Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Khomas Hochland
hasTributary Gorrasis River ⓘ
Koam River ⓘ
Nausgomab River ⓘ
hydrologicalRegime ephemeral flow ⓘ
knownFor forming sharp boundary between dunes and gravel plains ⓘ
preventing northward migration of Namib sand sea ⓘ
length approximately 560 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Erongo Region ⓘ
Hardap Region ⓘ
Khomas Region ⓘ
Namib Desert ⓘ
mouthElevation 0 metres ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
nearbySettlement Kuisebmond ⓘ
Rooibank ⓘ
partOf Kuiseb River Basin ⓘ
passesNear Walvis Bay ⓘ
passesThrough Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ
riverType sand-bed river ⓘ
sourceElevation approximately 2000 metres ⓘ
supportsVegetation acacia trees ⓘ
ana trees ⓘ
supportsWildlife desert-adapted birds ⓘ
desert-adapted mammals ⓘ
waterUse limited irrigation in upper catchment ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
local communities ⓘ

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