List of lakes in Namibia
 
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Natural lakes in Namibia |
This is a list of the lakes in Namibia .
In Namibia there are only a few natural freshwater lakes that have permanent water all year round. All perennial as well as ephemeral or episodic waters fall under the term wetlands (in English about "wet areas" ), which make up about five percent of the land area. Salt and Kalkseen with increased salt or lime are in Namibia as pan ( English Pan ), respectively. A distinction must be made between the smaller and mostly flatter Vleis ( Afrikaans for depression ).
Perennial lakes
Lakes
| lake | region | location | Area (max.) In km² |
Volume (max.) In million km³ |
greatest depth in meters |
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| Dragon breath hole | Otjozondjupa | 19 ° 40 ′ S , 17 ° 34 ′ E | 0.0260 | 84 (relative) 150 (absolute) |
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| Guinea | Oshikoto | 19 ° 14 ′ S , 17 ° 21 ′ E | 0.0100 | 132 | Karst lake |
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| Liambezi Lake | Zambezi | 17 ° 56 ′ S , 24 ° 22 ′ E | 100.0000 | Altwassersee (officially dried up since 1985; however, refilled since 2009) |
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| Ontsadhiya lake | Omusati | ? | ? |
filled from 2007 to 2014 |
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| Otjikoto Lake | Oshikoto | 19 ° 12 ′ S , 17 ° 33 ′ E | 0.0075 | 76 | Karst lake |
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Reservoirs
Ephemeral lakes
Pans and salt lakes
| pan | region | location | Area (max.) In km² |
greatest depth in meters |
category | image |
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| Adamax Pan | Oshikoto | Etosha National Park | ||||
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| Etosha pan | overarching | Etosha National Park | 4760 | endorheic pelvis |
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| Fisher's Pan | Oshikoto | Etosha National Park |
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| Gura Pan | Otjozondjupa | 19 ° 40 ′ S , 20 ° 33 ′ E | ||||
| Kalahari Pannetjiesveld (pan area) |
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| Kebe Pan | ||||||
| Natukanaoka Pan | Omusati | Etosha National Park | ||||
| Nyae Nyae Pan | Otjozondjupa | |||||
| Lake Oponono | Oshana | 19 ° 15 ′ S , 15 ° 30 ′ E | ephemeral sea |
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Vleis
| Vlei | region | Area (max.) In km² |
greatest depth in meters |
category | image |
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| Bushman Vlei | ǁKaras | ||||
| Cessna Vlei | Hardap | ||||
| Dead Vlei | Hardap |
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| Hidden Vlei | Hardap |
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| Jules Vlei | ǁKaras | ||||
| Sossusvlei | Hardap |
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| Tsondab Vlei | Erongo | ||||
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Tsumkwe Vlei (Makuri Pan) |
Otjozondjupa |
See also
Web links
- List of African lakes (PDF file; 319 kB)
- List of Namibian lakes with their respective profiles
- NamWater dams
Individual evidence
- ↑ Water areas in Namibia, Namibia Nature Foundation ( Memento from November 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ( MS PowerPoint ; 1.1 MB)
- ↑ Eating from Ontsadhiya and taking care of it. The Namibian, July 22, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2014
- ^ The Development and Evolution of Etosha Pan, Namibia ; What to do in the Nyae Nyae Area