Fish River (Namibia)
Fish River
| Mouth of the watercourse | Orange River  |
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| Tributary | Löwenfluss |
| Drainage basin | Orange River basin |
| Basin country | Namibia |
| Country | Namibia |
| Coordinate location | 28°8′0″S 17°11′0″E, 24°13′51″S 17°8′3″E, 28°6′0″S 17°10′30″E |
De Fish River (Visrivier insyd Afrikaans, Fischfluss insyd German) be a river insyd Namibia. E be 650 km long, wey dey flow from de Naukluft Mountains[1] 150 km to de Hardap Dam near Mariental. From der de flow be entirely blocked,[1] all further flow downstream wey dey cam from tributaries downstream from de dam. De flow of de river be seasonal; insyd winter de river fi dry up completely. De river be de site of de spectacular Fish River Canyon, Africa ein largest canyon, wich be 160 km long, den at points as much as 550 m deep.
De outflow of de Fish River dey join de Orange River at de border plus South Africa about 100 km from de Atlantic Ocean.
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Fish River crossing
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 "Fish River Canyon". Archived from the original on 2019-04-08.
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