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Nossob River
The Auob River's course, a Nossob tributary
Nossob River is located in South Africa
Nossob River
Location of the Nossob River's mouth
Location
CountryBotswana, Namibia and South Africa
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationOtjihavera Range, Namibia
 • elevation1,900 m (6,200 ft)
2nd sourceConfluence of the Swart-Nossob and Wit-Nossob
 • elevation1,565 m (5,135 ft)
MouthMolopo River
 • location
Northern Cape, South Africa
 • coordinates
26°54′15″S 20°41′24″E / 26.90417°S 20.69000°E / -26.90417; 20.69000
 • elevation
890 m (2,920 ft)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBlack Nossob River, Klein Nossob River
 • rightWhite Nossob River, Auob River
Location of the lower Nossob river (centre) and its tributaries
Nossob River east of Aranos crossing the Kalahari

The Nossob (also Nosob or Nossop) River (ǂnuse ǃab, Khoikhoi for black river)[1] is a dry river bed in eastern Namibia and the Kalahari region of South Africa and Botswana. It covers a distance of 740 km[2] and last flooded in 1989. The river also lends its name to Nossob camp 25°25′18″S 20°35′47″E / 25.42167°S 20.59639°E / -25.42167; 20.59639 in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.[2]

  1. ^ du Plessis, E.J. (1973). Suid-Afrikaanse berg- en riviername. Tafelberg-uitgewers, Cape Town. p. 293. ISBN 0-624-00273-X.
  2. ^ a b Raper, P.E. (2004). South African Place Names. Jonathan Ball, Jhb & Cape Town. p. 278. ISBN 1-86842-190-2.

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