Tsauchab
Sign in to savethumb|260px|Sesriem Canyon, with the Tsauchab dry thumb|260px|A lake formed on a portion of the Tsauchab in the Sossusvlei salt pan after rains
Key facts
- River.name
- Tsauchab River
- River.image
- Tsauchab River taken from ISS 2009-12-24.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The lower 45 kilometers of the Tsauchab River, taken from ISS
- River.source1
- Naukluft Mountains
- River.source1_location
- Hardap Region, Namibia
- River.mouth
- Sossusvlei
- River.mouth_location
- Namib
- River.tributaries_left
- Zebra River
- River.basin_size_km2
- 4000
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thumb|260px|Sesriem Canyon, with the Tsauchab dry thumb|260px|A lake formed on a portion of the Tsauchab in the Sossusvlei salt pan after rains
The Tsauchab is an ephemeral river in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. Its source is in the southern Naukluft Mountains, from where it flows westwards through the Namib-Naukluft National Park into Sossusvlei, an endorheic basin. The lower river has in the past had a slightly different courses and also formed two other basins, the Deadvlei and the Hiddenvlei.