Epukiro (river)

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Epukiro
Epukiro (center right)

Epukiro (center right)

Data
location Omaheke , Namibia's North West District , BotswanaNamibiaNamibia 
BotswanaBotswana 
River system Eiseb-Epukiro
source Omaheke
21 ° 43 ′ 34 ″  S , 18 ° 19 ′ 24 ″  E Coordinates: 21 ° 43 ′ 34 ″  S , 18 ° 19 ′ 24 ″  E
muzzle Okavango Delta

Catchment area 19,426 km²
Navigable No
Rivier (dry river)

The Epukiro is an Omuramba in the central east of Namibia . Among other things, the Epukiro settlement of the same name is due to him . Together with the Eiseb it forms the Eiseb trench as an aquifer . It rises in the constituency of Epukiro and flows into the western foothills of the Okavango Delta . As a dry river , it carries water very irregularly.

Its catchment area covers an area of ​​19,425.793 square kilometers (Eiseb 10,671.777 km²), according to other sources, however, including the Eiseb, a maximum of 10,665 km².

literature

  • Investigation of Groundwater Resources and Airborne-Geophysical Investigation of Selected Mineral Targets in Namibia - Groundwater Investigations in the Eiseb Graben. Department of Water Affairs / Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Windhoek / Hannover, December 2004, edition IV.GW.3.1. ( PDF )
  • Eiseb-Epukiro River Basin. Integrated Water Resources Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry. ( PDF )

Individual evidence

  1. a b Ben J. Strohbach: Mapping the Major Catchments of Namibia. National Botanical Research Institute, date unknown , p. 5.
  2. Eiseb-Epukiro River Basin. Integrated Water Resources Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, p. 4.