Kuiseb River
The Kuiseb River is an ephemeral river in western-central Namibia. Its source is in the Khomas Highland west of Windhoek. From there it flows westwards through the Namib-Naukluft National Park and the Namib desert to Walvis Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hsuepfle, Public domain.
- Type: Intermittent stream
- Description: river in Namibia
- Also known as: “Kujsab”
Kuiseb River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Erongo, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Kuiseb River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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