Kuiseb River

The Kuiseb River is an ephemeral river in western-central . Its source is in the Khomas Highland west of . From there it flows westwards through the and the desert to .
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  • Type: Intermittent stream
  • Description: river in Namibia
  • Also known as: Kujsab

Kuiseb River

Latitude
-23.10826° or 23° 6′ 30″ south
Longitude
14.49407° or 14° 29′ 39″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
5F8PVFRV+MJ
Geo­Names ID
3364934
Wiki­data ID
Q1432995
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Kuiseb River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Kuiseb
  • Armenian: Կույսեբ
  • Asturian: Ríu Kuiseb
  • Cebuano: Kuiseb
  • Chinese: 奎斯布河
  • Czech: Kuiseb
  • Dutch: Kuiseb
  • Esperanto: Kuiseb
  • Estonian: Kuisebi jõgi
  • Finnish: Kuiseb
  • French: Kuiseb
  • Georgian: კუისები
  • German: Kuiseb
  • Hindi: कुइसेब नदी
  • Irish: Abhainn Kuiseb
  • Italian: Kuiseb
  • Japanese: クイセブ川
  • Mingrelian: კუისები
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kuiseb
  • Portuguese: Rio Kuiseb
  • Romanian: Râul Kuiseb
  • Russian: Куйсеб
  • Slovenian: Kuiseb
  • South Azerbaijani: کویسب چایی
  • Spanish: Kuiseb
  • Spanish: río Kuiseb
  • Spanish: Río Kuiseb
  • Ukrainian: Куйсеб
  • Ukrainian: Кусейб
  • Welsh: Afon Kuiseb

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kuiseb River”. Photo: Hsuepfle, Public domain.