Gaab (river)

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Gaab
Gaab Rivier
Gaab Rivier and railway bridge at Holoog (2018) 27 ° 24'08 "S 017 ° 56'35" E-27.40214444444417.9431

Gaab Rivier and railway bridge at Holoog (2018)
27 ° 24'08 "S  017 ° 56'35" E

Data
location ǁKaras , NamibiaNamibiaNamibia 
River system Orange
Drain over Fish river  → Orange River  → Atlantic
source Small Karas Mountains
27 ° 20 ′ 12 ″  S , 18 ° 12 ′ 51 ″  E
muzzle in the fish river coordinates: 27 ° 28 ′ 5 ″  S , 17 ° 40 ′ 33 ″  E 27 ° 28 ′ 5 ″  S , 17 ° 40 ′ 33 ″  E

The Gaab , also Gaap , is a rivier in the ǁKaras region in southern Namibia . The river rises on the southern edge of the Klein- Karasberg and flows in a westerly direction to the fish river . The confluence with the Fish River is about 15 km north of the Fish River Canyon . The Windhoek – Nakop railway line and the C12 main road cross the Gaab not far from the Holoog railway station .

Gaab, looking west

annotation

  1. ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .

Web links

Commons : Gaab River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geographical Names
  2. ↑ a b Namibia Travel Map . Kunth-Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-95504-578-4 .
  3. ↑ Holoog stop on the map 27 ° 24'02 "S  017 ° 56'36" E