106,560 km2 (41,140 sq mi) to 108,943 km2 (42,063 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average
(Period: 1971–2000)221.7 m3/s (7,830 cu ft/s)[1] 174 m3/s (6,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Waterfalls
Epupa Falls, Ruacana Falls
Epupa Falls
The Cunene (Portuguese spelling) or Kunene (common Namibian spelling)[a] is a river in Southern Africa. It flows from the Angola highlands southwards to the border with Namibia. It then flows in a westerly direction along the border until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean.
^ ab"South West Coast".
^"Cunene". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
^"Cunene" (US) and "Cunene". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
^"Cunene". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
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The Cunene (Portuguese spelling) or Kunene (common Namibian spelling) is a river in Southern Africa. It flows from the Angola highlands southwards to the...
The CuneneRiver gave its name to the province. Cunene lies north of the CuneneRiver, which forms the border between Angola and Namibia. Cunene is traversed...
In the Battle of the CuneneRiver, Portuguese Colonial forces were defeated by Angolan Ovambo warriors on 25 September 1904. The defeat was one of the...
has been played in Africa for centuries, specifically along the CuneneRiver in the Cunene Province of Angola. Ngolo finds its inspiration in nature, involving...
diamonds. Several rivers and streams run through the Namib, although all of the rivers south of the CuneneRiver and north of the Orange River are ephemeral...
waterfalls formed by the CuneneRiver on the border of Angola and Namibia, in the Kaokoland area of the Kunene Region. The river is about 0.5 kilometres...
Sudan and Lake Nasser in Egypt to the Cuneneriver of Angola, the Okavango Delta of Botswana, and the Olifants River in South Africa. Isolated populations...
mostly the pale morph. Where the two types abut, in the vicinity of the CuneneRiver, there are no intermediate colour forms. The natural habitat of this...
Mirage F1CZs over the CuneneRiver. The Mirages downed a second MiG in October 1982. The expulsion of FAPLA from most of Cunene Province marked a revival...
Ruacana-Calueque hydro-electric complex and other installations on the CuneneRiver. Several hostile incidences[spelling?] with UNITA and SWAPO frightening...
due to the impoundment of their river(s) by a dam, or due to the diversion of the watercourse. Waterfall List of rivers by discharge List of waterfalls...
important rivers, the Cuanza (Kwanza) and the Cunene (Kunene), take a more indirect route to the Atlantic, the Cuanza flowing north and the Cunene flowing...
million m3 from the CuneneRiver at Ruacana, 49 million m3 from the Orange River at Noordoewer, 22 million m3 from the Okavango River (that flows through...
Madeira river basin at Rivers Network. Amur river basin at Rivers Network Lower, Middle and Upper Euphrates river basin at Rivers Network Dnieper river : Watersheds...
marks the beginning of the interior plateau, the Curoca River to the North, and the CuneneRiver to the South. It is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south...
exclude the area between the Cuneneriver and the Hoarusib river and instead include the area between Hoanib river and Uchab river, thus reducing the park's...
Namib Desert, bounded by the Serra da Chela mountains to the north and CuneneRiver to the south. Mucubal people typically wear little clothing, carry machetes...
shipwrecks. It lies about 8 km from the coast, south of the mouth of the CuneneRiver and 200 km from Cape Fria, at 18°8′ S 11°33′ E. The maps of the British...
from 23 August to 4 September 1981, up to 5,000 SADF soldiers occupied Cunene province, Angola. Operation Protea was launched on 23 August 1981. Its objectives...
fish occupies rocky habitat in flowing river waters. It is recorded from the Bengo, Cuanza, and CuneneRivers. Little is known about the biology or population...
was supplied with water from the nearby town of Foz do Cunene, at the mouth of the CuneneRiver. In the 1970s, Saint Martin of the Tigers was cut off from...
overnight with no water supply. Later Tigres and the pump station at the Cuneneriver mouth were abandoned, and have become ghost towns slowly being reclaimed...
River Cuíva River Cubal River Coporolo River Bentiaba River (Rio de São Nicolau) Bero River Curoca RiverCuneneRiver Caculuvar River Zambezi River Cuando...
Angolan central highlands, Huambo is located near the headwaters of the CuneneRiver. The elevation of Huambo is 1,721 metres (5,646 ft) as it is on a high...
Ihosy River - Madagascar Jukskei River - South Africa Kafue River - Zambia Kowie River - South Africa Kuiseb - Namibia Kunene - Angola (as Cunene), Namibia...
outlet to KwaZulu-Natal, as well as in the Limpopo River, the Okavango River, and the CuneneRiver. They have been established as edible fish in several...
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