The Owambo Basin is a sedimentary basin located on the Congo Craton in Southern Africa that extends from southern Angola into Namibia and includes the Etosha Pan. It is bound on the southern and western sides by the Damara Belt in Northern Namibia, and by the Cubango River to the East.[1] The northern boundary is scientifically disputed, but is currently mapped by most stratigraphers to include southern Angola with the boundary set at the Kunene River. The Owambo Basin is host to two famous regions: Tsumeb, a major Namibian city and site of a formerly active copper mine with exceptional mineralogical variability producing museum quality rare specimens,[2] and Etosha National Park, the largest protected wildlife sanctuary in Namibia centered around Etosha Pan.
^Miller, R.McG (1997). "Chapter 11 The owambo basin of northern namibia". Sedimentary Basins of the World. 3: 237–268. doi:10.1016/S1874-5997(97)80014-7. ISBN 9780444825711.
The OwamboBasin is a sedimentary basin located on the Congo Craton in Southern Africa that extends from southern Angola into Namibia and includes the...
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Frieda-Nela (1991). Precolonial Communities of Southwestern Africa: A history of Owambo Kingdoms 1600-1920 (PDF). National Archives of Namibia. Archived (PDF) from...
to brain damage in sheep and horses. During floods in the Gwydir River basin 2,200 sheep died after eating nardoo. Three-quarters of the sheep that were...
at the very edge of the Owambo region (sometimes called the '4 Os region'). Oshindobe is located on the Cuvelai-Etosha basin, which is part of transboundary...
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