Nossob River | |
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![]() The Auob River's course, a Nossob tributary | |
Location | |
Country | Botswana, Namibia and South Africa |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Otjihavera Range, Namibia |
• elevation | 1,900 m (6,200 ft) |
2nd source | Confluence of the Swart-Nossob and Wit-Nossob |
• elevation | 1,565 m (5,135 ft) |
Mouth | Molopo River |
• location | Northern Cape, South Africa |
• coordinates | 26°54′15″S 20°41′24″E / 26.90417°S 20.69000°E |
• elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Black Nossob River, Klein Nossob River |
• right | White Nossob River, Auob River |
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 in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.[2]