Konkiep

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Konkiep
Konkiep Rivier
Konkiep at 27 ° 52′17 ″ S 017 ° 16′08 ″ E-27.85472222222217.268888888889 viewing direction southeast

Konkiep at 27 ° 52'17 ″ S  017 ° 16′08 ″ E, viewing direction southeast

Data
location NamibiaNamibia Namibia
River system Orange
Drain over Fish river  → Orange River  → Atlantic
source Black border
25 ° 33 ′ 52 ″  S , 16 ° 46 ′ 20 ″  O
muzzle in the fish river coordinates: 28 ° 3 ′ 33 ″  S , 17 ° 20 ′ 2 ″  E 28 ° 3 ′ 33 ″  S , 17 ° 20 ′ 2 ″  E

The Konkiep is an ephemeral dry river ( Rivier ) in the southwest of Namibia . It rises in the Hardap region on the Schwarzrand and flows into the Fish River in the ǁKaras region . A tributary of the Konkiep is the Gurieb , which rises on the plateau of the Schwarzrand and flows into the Konkiep at 27 ° 00'52 "N 017 ° 17'25" E. The picture on the right shows the Konkiep 22 km as the crow flies before the confluence with the Fish River.  

literature

  • Mary Seely, Kathryn M. Jacobson, Peter J. Jacobson: Ephemeral Rivers and Their Catchments - Sustaining People and Development in Western Namibia . Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, 1995, ISBN 978-99916-709-4-2

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Konkiep River: Namibia. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 1997.