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Fish River (Namibia)

Fish River (Namibia)

River in Namibia

For other places with the same name, see Fish River (disambiguation).

The Fish River (Visrivier in Afrikaans, Fischfluss in German) is a river in Namibia. It is 650 km long, flowing from the Naukluft Mountains[1] 150 km to the Hardap Dam near Mariental. From there the flow is entirely blocked,[1] all further flow downstream coming from tributaries downstream from the dam. The flow of the river is seasonal; in winter the river can dry up completely. Despite this, the river is the site of the spectacular Fish River Canyon, a canyon 160 km long, and at points as much as 550 m deep.

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The outflow of the Fish River joins the Orange River at the border with South Africa about 100 km from the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Fish River crossing

References

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    "Fish River Canyon". Archived from the original on 2019-04-08.

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