Fish River
The Fish River is a river in Namibia. It is 650 km long, flowing from the Naukluft Mountains 150 km to the Hardap Dam near Mariental. From there the flow is entirely blocked, all further flow downstream coming from tributaries downstream from the dam.
- Intermittent stream
- Description: river in Namibia
- Also known as“Great Fish”“Gross Fisch-Fluss”“Oub”“The Fish River”“Vis”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
-28.09873° or 28° 5′ 55″ south
Longitude
17.17525° or 17° 10′ 31″ east
Open location code
5F3VW52G+G4
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Fish River” goes by many names.
VisrivierAfrikaans
نهر فيشArabic
Ríu FishAsturian
ФішBelarusian
ФишBulgarian
Фиш РивърBulgarian
FishCebuano
菲什干河Chinese
魚河Chinese
鱼河Chinese
Фиш-РиверChuvash
VisrivierDutch
FiŝriveroEsperanto
FischflussFinnish
Fish RiverFinnish
VisrivierFinnish
Fuuɗol FishFulah
Fuuɗol Fish (Namibia)Fulah
ფიშიGeorgian
Fish RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
KifiHausa
Kifi (kogin Namibia)Hausa
פישHebrew
फिश नदीHindi
फिश नदी, नामीबियाHindi
Abhainn FishIrish
Fish RiverItalian
フィッシュ川Japanese
Fiš RiverisLithuanian
Žuvų upėLithuanian
ФишMacedonian
Фиш (Намибија)Macedonian
ഫിഷ് നദിMalayalam
ფიშ-რივერიMingrelian
ფიშიMingrelian
FishNorwegian Bokmål
رود فیشPersian
Fish RiverPolish
Fish RiverRomanian
VisrivierRomanian
ФишRussian
Фиш-РиверRussian
FishSlovenian
Reka FishSlovenian
Ribja reka, NamibijaSlovenian
فیش چاییSouth Azerbaijani
Noka ya FishTswana
Noka ya Fish (Namibia)Tswana
Фіш-РіверUkrainian
Afon FishWelsh
FiskrivierWestern Frisian
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