Kaukausib
Sign in to savethumb|Aerial view over Kaukausib spring in the Sperrgebiet|Diamond Restricted Area Kaukausib-River in German called Kaukausib-Mulde is a rivier (dry river) within the Diamond Restricted Area also called Sperrgebiet in the south of Namibia. The Kaukausib-Rivier extends through the Namib from south to north-north-west. It ends in the Namib Desert without reaching the Atlantic, or any other river. At the upper end of the Kaukausib Rivier there is a spring, which carries water throughout the whole year and is a drinking trough for various animals, especially for Oryx and Ostrich. The Kaukausib-spr
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- river
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Karas Region
- Elevation
- 282
- Image
- Kaukausib Quelle.jpg
- Length
- 40
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thumb|Aerial view over Kaukausib spring in the Sperrgebiet|Diamond Restricted Area Kaukausib-River in German called Kaukausib-Mulde is a rivier (dry river) within the Diamond Restricted Area also called Sperrgebiet in the south of Namibia. The Kaukausib-Rivier extends through the Namib from south to north-north-west. It ends in the Namib Desert without reaching the Atlantic, or any other river. At the upper end of the Kaukausib Rivier there is a spring, which carries water throughout the whole year and is a drinking trough for various animals, especially for Oryx and Ostrich. The Kaukausib-spring is located 62 km southeast of Lüderitz and 40 km east of the Atlantic coast on 375 m above sea level (1235 ft).
In early days, on the march from Lüderitzbucht to Aus oxen were watered at the Kaukausib-well. The Germans write:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaukausib” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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