Eye of Kuruman

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Eye of Kuruman
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The "Eye of Kuruman"
location
Country or region Northern Cape Province ( South Africa )
Coordinates 27 ° 27 ′ 49 ″  S , 23 ° 26 ′ 11 ″  E
Eye of Kuruman (South Africa)
Eye of Kuruman
Eye of Kuruman
Location of the source
geology
Exit type Source pot
Hydrology
River system Orange
Receiving waters Kuruman → Molopo
Bulk 230 l / s

Coordinates: 27 ° 27 ′ 49 ″  S , 23 ° 26 ′ 11 ″  E

The Eye of Kuruman (Engl. For, Eye of Kuruman ', Afrikaans The Oog ) is a central overflow in the town of Kuruman (municipality Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality in the district of John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality ) in the province of Northern Cape in South Africa . It is the strongest known natural spring in the southern hemisphere .

The spring is located in a fenced park and forms a small lake in the middle of the city, just off the N14 national road . It provides a constant pouring of around 20,000 m³ of crystal clear water with drinking water quality every day. The water supplies the city of Kuruman and is taken directly from the spring pot.

history

No fishing sign on the Eye of Kuruman

The spring had been known to the local people for an unknown time and was used by travelers as part of the development of inner Africa. The "official" discovery of the spring took place in 1801 during the Truter Sommervill expedition by Samuel Daniel . The spring enabled Robert Moffat to set up a mission station in 1826 - from which the city of Kuruman (the oasis of the Kalahari ) in the semi-desert of the Kalahari developed. On September 17, 1992, the "Eye of Kuruman" was declared a "National Monument".

Second source

A little east of the entrance to Kuruman (south of the N14 ) there is a second - smaller - source.

fishes

Various fish species live in the Eye of Kuruman - mainly goldfish , carp , barbels and African cichlids - of which the brass mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus philander) is a subspecies endemic to the Eye of Kuruman .

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