Khan (river)
| khan | ||
 Khan Rivier (2009) |
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| location |
Erongo , Namibia
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| River system | Swakop | |
| Drain over | Swakop → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | Otjisemba | |
| muzzle | in the Swakop coordinates: 22 ° 41 ′ 32 ″ S , 14 ° 54 ′ 20 ″ E 22 ° 41 ′ 32 ″ S , 14 ° 54 ′ 20 ″ E
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| Rivier (dry river) | ||
The Khan ( Khoekhoegowab for Eland ) is a rivier , ie an episodic dry river, in the Erongo region in Namibia . It seldom has water, and then only occasionally during the rainy seasons .
The Khan rises near the village of Otjisemba northwest of Okahandja , runs from there west to Usakos and further southwest through the Namib . It flows into the Swakop just before Swakopmund . Along with the Okondeka, it is considered to be the main tributary of the Swakop- Omaruru estuary.
The underground water of the Khan is used by the mining company Rössing Uranium Limited for the Rössing mine of the same name .
Numerous bridges cross the Khan , including the 160-meter-long Husab Bridge of the Husab opencast mine , which opened in 2014 .
literature
- Robert Kringel, Dr. Frank Wagner & Dr. Hans Klinge: Groundwater quality assessment in the Khan- and Swakop-River catchment with respect to geogenic background concentrations of dissolved uranium. Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hanover 2010. ( available online )
Individual evidence
- ^ Integrated Water Resources Management - Omaruru-Swakop River Basin. IWRM Joint Venture Consultants (Namibia). Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed Khan Aquifer Recharge Scheme. CSIR. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ↑ HUSAB BUILDS OWN ROAD NETWORK. Namibia Economist, July 7, 2014.