Epupa Falls

Epupa Falls
Epupa Falls
Coordinates	16 ° 59 '59 "  S , 13 ° 14' 35"  E Coordinates: 16 ° 59 '59 "  S , 13 ° 14' 35"  E
place	Epupa
height	40 m
width	500 m
flow	Kunene

The Epupa Falls ( English Epupa Falls ), in Angola also Monte Negro Falls , are located in the course of the Kunene , the border river between Namibia ( Kunene region ) and Angola ( Namibe province ). In Otjiherero , epupa means "foam", alluding to the foaming of the falling Kunene.

description

The height of the falls is about 40 meters. Due to the inflow of various water-rich rivers from the highlands of Angola, the Kunene in Namibia is the river with the highest flow speed. It washed out narrow gorges in the otherwise arid Kaokoveld . The place Epupa is not far from the falls.

Economic use

The economic use of the Epupa area, through a hydroelectric power station , was postponed after there were decisive protests by the last semi-nomads of Namibia, the Ovahimba , who lived there. This is now (as of November 2015) to be built near the Baynesberg .

See also

• List of waterfalls

Web links

Commons : Epupa Falls  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Epupa Dam project on International Rivers (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Epupa Falls and Kunene - The Land of the Himba. XFlow.eu. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
2. ↑ Epupa finally off the table ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Baynes Hydropower Project. NamPower. Retrieved November 16, 2015