Tsondab River

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Tsondab River
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Tsondab River
Physical characteristics
Source Remhoogte Mountains
 • location Hardap Region
Mouth Tsondabvlei
 • location
 Hardap Region
 • coordinates
 23°55′13″S15°22′11″E / 23.9203°S 15.3698°E / -23.9203; 15.3698
Lengthc.150 km (93 mi)
Basin size3,500 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left Diep River
 • right Noab River, Koireb River

The Tsondab River is an ephemeral river in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. Its source is in the Remhoogte Mountains. From there it flows westwards through the Namib-Naukluft National Park before evaporating at Tsondabvlei. Inflows of the Tsondab are Diep, Noab and Koireb. Tsondab's catchment area (including its tributaries) is 3,500 km2 (1,400 sq mi). [1] [2]

References

  1. ↑ Jacobson, Peter J.; Jacobson, Kathryn M.; Seely, Mary K. (1995). Ephemeral rivers and their catchments: Sustaining people and development in western Namibia (PDF 8.7MB). Windhoek: Desert Research Foundation of Namibia. pp. 132–133. ISBN   9991670947.
  2. ↑ Strohbach, B.J. (2008). "Mapping the Major Catchments of Namibia" (PDF 1.0MB). Agricola. 2008: 63–73. ISSN   1015-2334. OCLC   940637734.


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