Olifants (Namibia)
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Olifants Olifants Rivier |
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 The Olifants between Auob and Nossob (left center) |
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Hardap , Namibia
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| River system | Orange | |
| Drain over | Auob → Nossob → Molopo → Oranje → Atlantic | |
| source | South of Hosea Kutako Airfield 22 ° 48 ′ 52 ″ S , 17 ° 51 ′ 29 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1500 m | |
| muzzle | Opens at Twee Rivier ( Namibia ) in the Auob coordinates: 25 ° 27 ′ 31 ″ S , 19 ° 26 ′ 13 ″ E, 25 ° 27 ′ 31 ″ S , 19 ° 26 ′ 13 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 1036 m | |
| Height difference | 460 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.2 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 400 km | |
_klein.jpg) View downstream of the Olifants River 20 km east of Gochas at 24 ° 48'37 ″ S 019 ° 00′28 ″ E |
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The Olifants is the middle of the three distinctive rivers of the Namibian Kalahari . The river flows from north to south and flows into the Auob near Tweerivier (Namibia), which also comes from the Namibian Kalahari . It has a length of about 400 kilometers from its source at about 1500 m to its mouth at 1036 m .
Web links
Commons : Olifants - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Namibia Travel Map . Kunth-Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-95504-578-4 .